Return more than one values from a function in Javascript using for loop

Question

I am using following code snippet and I am pretty sure I am doing something that wrong that is why it is not returning more than one values. I need experts opinion on it.

function returnValues(testArray)
{
    var accountId, orders, abstractOrders, titleOrder;

    var childOrders = new Array();
    for(var i = 0; i < testArray.length; i++)
    {
        accountId = typeof testArray[i] === 'undefined'?'':testArray[i].id;

        orders = getOrderofParentAccount(accountId);
            abstractOrders = abstractOrderYTD(orders);
            titleOrder = titleOrderYTD(orders);

            childOrders[abstractOrders,titleOrder];
    }

    return childOrders;
}

childOrders[abstractOrders,titleOrder]; is not right at all. You can't use two indexes on a JS array. — ssube
– ssube, Commented May 12, 2016 at 15:28
yes, maybe do you mean childOrders.push([abstractOrders, titleOrder]) — floribon
– floribon, Commented May 12, 2016 at 15:29
What exactly did you intend it to return? What exactly does it actually return? Are there any error messages? — Matt Burland
– Matt Burland, Commented May 12, 2016 at 15:31
It is intended to return numbers under two category abstract and title. — AQ Dev
– AQ Dev, Commented May 12, 2016 at 15:56

Dan · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-12 16:04:46Z

5

You probably want to return an array of objects:

function returnValues(testArray)
{
var accountId, orders, abstractOrders, titleOrder;

var childOrders = new Array();
for(var i = 0; i < testArray.length; i++)
{
    accountId = typeof testArray[i] === 'undefined'?'':testArray[i].id;

    orders = getOrderofParentAccount(accountId);
        abstractOrders = abstractOrderYTD(orders);
        titleOrder = titleOrderYTD(orders);

        childOrders.push({abstract: abstractOrders,title: titleOrder}); //<-Changed
}

return childOrders;
}

//To retrieve the values
var orders = returnValues(yourarray);
for( var i in orders ){
    console.log("====="+i+"======");
    console.log('Abstract Orders:');
    console.log(orders[i].abstract);
    console.log('Title Orders:');
    console.log(orders[i].title);
}

edited May 12, 2016 at 16:04

answered May 12, 2016 at 15:31

Dan

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3 Comments

AQ Dev Over a year ago

can you please update the answer and let me know how can I retrieve these values?

Dan Over a year ago

Done. But its pretty general stuff that you can google.

AQ Dev Over a year ago

I could not find such stuff. anyways, its javascript

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