autocomplete using local array

Question

The following works:

$("#txtAllowSearch").autocomplete(
    { source: ["c++", "java", "php", "coldfusion", "javascript", "asp", "ruby"] }
);

But the following does not work:

var $local_source = '["c++", "java", "php", "coldfusion", "javascript", "asp", "ruby"]';

$("#txtAllowSearch").autocomplete(
    { source: $local_source }
);

I am not good with arrays.

Dr.Molle · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-27 10:24:02Z

5

remove the single-quotes:

var $local_source = ["c++", "java", "php", "coldfusion", "javascript", "asp", "ruby"];

otherwise $local_source is a string not an array.

answered Jan 27, 2011 at 10:24

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