tips on debugging JavaScript errors

[davidklonski]

Hello

I am new to JavaScript.
I am using IE6.

Every now and then I get JavaScript errors in my pages and I find it very difficult to find the location of the error.

I get a message saying that the error is in file: x.php on line 5, where in fact the error turns out to be in test.js on line 20!
of course I include test.js in x.php but IE doesn't know how to give the right file and line for the error!

Is there a simple and preferred way to debug such errors and get to the right file and line?

thanks

[Vladdy]

Use mozilla for intial script development.

[steelersfan88]

IE provides errors as if the .js file was included on the page by the server. The following example:<!-- test.js -->
1 var str = "string"
2 var num = 1
3 var arr = new Array()
4 function dosomething() {
5 }
<!-- End test.js -->

<!-- End test.htm -->
1 <title>My title</title>
2 <script src="test.js" type="text/javascript">
3 </script>
4 <form name="myform">
5 </form>
<!-- End test.htm -->is read in IE generally as:
1 <title>My title</title>
2 <script type="text/javascript">
3 var str = "string"
4 var num = 1
5 var arr = new Array()
6 function dosomething() {
7 }
8 </script>
9 <form name="myform">
10 </form>(Note that it might read lines 2 and 3 as 1 line, and have a total of 10 .. not sure.

Its incredibly tough to do php errors since files are included, so looking at the source is dif't fro mthe code you have ...

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