Transforming a string into an object

[Christophe27]

Hello,

Does anybody knows an efficient way to go from ...

var ns = this is a namespace

... to this ...

var ns = ['this']['is']['a']['namespace']

?

Thanks in advance!

Christophe

[wbport]

result = "this is a namespace".split(" ")

will create result as an array with four elements.

[Christophe27]

Yes, I know, but that will create an one array with four properties. I need a an array, in an array, in an array ....

split() will create ['this', 'is', 'a', 'namespace'] instead of ['this']['is']['a']['namespace']

[Christophe27]

Anybody? Help is very appreciated!

[Gray1989]

Give me a second lol

[Gray1989]

var ns = "this is a namespace".split(" ");
var temp = new Array();
for(i=0;i<ns.length;i++) { temp[i] = new Array(ns[i]); }

Then just use temp

[Gray1989]

May I ask why exactly you need to do such a redundant task?

[Christophe27]

Hi Gray,

Thanks for your reply!

Your result gave: [['this']['is']['a']['namespace']], not the desired structure I was hoping for ...



I'm setting up a node server using socket.io. On the node server, I use the following namespace:

GLOBAL = {

    dialog: {

        settings: function() {},
        profile: function() {}

    }

} // With much, much more ...

With socket.io you invoke a function of the backend, from the front end.

Front end:

io.emit('getSettings', {}, function() {});

These functions are defined on the backend like follows:

io.on('getProfile', function() {
    // Get profile from the db
});

But this way, I have to define many different functions, one af the other. In other words, one big unstructured mess Therefore I have put the content of these functions in a namespace (consistent with the namespace of the application itself)

Like the following:

Front end:

io.emit('message', {'method: 'this is a namespace'}, function() {});

Back end:

io.on('message', function(params) {
    Namespace to the desired function ...
});

This way you only have to define a funcion once, with one method called 'message', and then in the body 'namespace' to a particular function.

Anybody?

Christophe

[Christophe27]

And at the moment I use this mess:

var ns = params.namespace.split(' ');
     params["clientIP"] = socket.handshake.address.address;


if( typeof ns[1] === 'undefined' ) {
    GLOBAL[ns[0]](params,function (result) {fn(result)});
} else if( typeof ns[2] === 'undefined' ) {
    GLOBAL[ns[0]][ns[1]](params,function (result) {fn(result);});
} else {
    GLOBAL[ns[0]][ns[1]][ns[2]](params,function (result) {fn(result);});
}

Who can make this better ))

[Gray1989]

If you are trying to get this:

['this']['is']['a']['namespace']

Yet apparently this is unacceptable:

[['this']['is']['a']['namespace']]

Then I don't understand what you are asking.

As for the rest of your code, I have no idea what it's actually doing....