getting difficulty in passing parameter in ajax-jquery function?

Question

I want to pass value of i as a parameter for autosuggest. My intention is to pass value of i starting from 1960 to till date.

         <script>

            var i=1960;
            var currentTime = new Date();
            var year = currentTime.getFullYear();
            //document.write("The year is " + year);
            while (i <= year)
            {
                //document.write("The year is " + i);
                //document.write("<br />");

                $("#txtYear").autocomplete([+i], {
                width: 100,
                //multiple: true,
                mustMatch: true,
                matchContains: true,
                //formatItem: formatItem,
                //formatResult: formatResult
                });
                i++;
            }
                      });
                    </script>

Please help me out. Thank you so much in advance.

Joseph · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-12 14:21:45Z

4

Your code is adding autocomplete to the elements 40+ times!

Anyways, jQuery autocomplete accepts an array for data. Why not build the array beforehand? Here's a sample. I have to say jQuery is picky with the data. They have to be strings.

var i = 1960,                          //first year
    currentTime = new Date(),          
    year = currentTime.getFullYear(),  //latest year
    data = [];                         //year array

while (i <= year){                     //construct year array
    data.push(''+i++);                 //minor string conversion by concatenating
}

$("#txtYear").autocomplete({
    source: data                       //use year array
});

edited May 12, 2012 at 14:21

answered May 12, 2012 at 14:09

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Shashi Roy Over a year ago

Thanks for the quick reply. But in my case its not working. :(

Shashi Roy Over a year ago

What actually I want is , when I am typing 19 , then textbox automatically should start suggesting the years. Its working in the case of month and date. my code for date is as follows :

Shashi Roy Over a year ago

$("#txtMonth").autocomplete(["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12"], { width: 100, //multiple: true, mustMatch: true, matchContains: true, //formatItem: formatItem, //formatResult: formatResult });

Shashi Roy Over a year ago

let us continue this discussion in chat

Shashi Roy Over a year ago

Thanks... its working... There was a mistake from my side... Your code is perfect... Thanks once again... :)

tzerb · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-12 14:10:01Z

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You first need to create an array of the values you want, then set it in the autocomplete like this:

    $( "#tags" ).autocomplete({
        source: years
    });

answered May 12, 2012 at 14:10

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