I want to do this in js/jquery:
var events = new Array();
var $event1 = [id, name, starttime, startposition];
var $event2 = [id2, name2, starttime2, startposition2];
var $event3 = [id3, name3, starttime3, startposition3];
events["fistcolumn"].push($event1, $event2, $event3);
this doesn't work... can you please tell me how to do it?
var events = {}, //lets try that with an object?
event1 = [id, name, starttime, startposition],
event2 = [id2, name2, starttime2, startposition2],
event3 = [id3, name3, starttime3, startposition3];
//lets join the arrays and stick them in the object
events["fistcolumn"] = event1.concat(event2).concat(event3);
//now events.fistcolumn (kinky name) contains all the values from the arrays
if (events.fistcolumn[5] == name2) //true
There are no associative arrays in javascript, you can use an object:
var events = {};
events["firstcolumn"] = event1;
Also, lose the $ in front of your vars, that is php syntax :)
Update:
For your events, you should probably also use objects:
var event2 = { id: id2, name: name2, starttime: starttime2, ... };
var foo = []; foo['bar'] = "everything is fine"; alert(foo['bar']); does not give an error. bar actually becomes a property of the array but outwardly it amounts to the appearance of association, hence indexed and associative behaviour can be exhibited in one array simultaneously.This may work. Because if you want to do like below,
events["fistcolumn"] = events1;
events must be an Object.
events.push($event1);
events.push($event2);
events.push($event3);
var events = new Array();
var $event1 = ['id', 'name', 'starttime', 'startposition'];
var $event2 = ['id2', 'name2', 'starttime2', 'startposition2'];
var $event3 = ['id3', 'name3', 'starttime3', 'startposition3'];
events["fistcolumn"] = $event1.concat($event2).concat($event3);
I changed those variables to string for testing purposes only, you could change it back.
var events = {}; // events object
var $event1 = [id, name, starttime, startposition];
var $event2 = [id2, name2, starttime2, startposition2];
var $event3 = [id3, name3, starttime3, startposition3];
then you can either do like this
events["fistcolumn"] = [$event1, $event2, $event3];
or like this
events["fistcolumn"] = [];
events["fistcolumn"].push($event1);
events["fistcolumn"].push($event2);
events["fistcolumn"].push($event3);
