Mega Code Archive
Transforming JavaScript Data into HTML Tables with HyperLink
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<html>
<head>
<title>Recipe 14.16</title>
<style rel="stylesheet" id="mainStyle" type="text/css">
html {background-color:#cccccc}
body {background-color:#eeeeee; font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px;
margin-left:15%; margin-right:15%; border:3px groove darkred; padding:15px}
h1 {text-align:right; font-size:1.5em; font-weight:bold}
h2 {text-align:left; font-size:1.1em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline}
.buttons {margin-top:10px}
</style>
<style type="text/css">
table {table-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0}
td {border:2px groove black; padding:7px; background-color:#ccffcc}
th {border:2px groove black; padding:7px; background-color:#ffffcc}
.ctr {text-align:center}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Table data -- an array of objects
var jsData = new Array();
jsData[0] = {location:"Uruguay", year:1930, winner:"Uruguay", winScore:4,
loser:"Argentina", losScore:2};
jsData[1] = {location:"Italy", year:1934, winner:"Italy", winScore:2,
loser:"Czechoslovakia", losScore:1};
jsData[2] = {location:"France", year:1938, winner:"Italy", winScore:4,
loser:"Hungary", losScore:2};
jsData[3] = {location:"Brazil", year:1950, winner:"Uruguay", winScore:2,
loser:"Brazil", losScore:1};
jsData[4] = {location:"Switzerland", year:1954, winner:"West Germany", winScore:3,
loser:"Hungary", losScore:2};
// Draw table from 'jsData' array of objects
function drawTable(tbody) {
var tr, td;
tbody = document.getElementById(tbody);
// remove existing rows, if any
clearTable(tbody);
// loop through data source
for (var i = 0; i < jsData.length; i++) {
tr = tbody.insertRow(tbody.rows.length);
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.setAttribute("align", "center");
td.innerHTML = jsData[i].year;
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.innerHTML = jsData[i].location;
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.innerHTML = jsData[i].winner;
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.innerHTML = jsData[i].loser;
td = tr.insertCell(tr.cells.length);
td.setAttribute("align", "center");
td.innerHTML = jsData[i].winScore + " - " + jsData[i].losScore;
}
}
// Remove existing table rows
function clearTable(tbody) {
while (tbody.rows.length > 0) {
tbody.deleteRow(0);
}
}
// Sorting function dispatcher (invoked by table column links)
function sortTable(link) {
switch (link.firstChild.nodeValue) {
case "Year" :
jsData.sort(sortByYear);
break;
case "Host Country" :
jsData.sort(sortByHost);
break;
case "Winner" :
jsData.sort(sortByWinner);
break;
case "Loser" :
jsData.sort(sortByLoser);
break;
case "Win" :
jsData.sort(sortByWinScore);
break;
case "Lose" :
jsData.sort(sortByLosScore);
break;
}
drawTable("matchData")
return false
}
// Sorting functions (invoked by sortTable())
function sortByYear(a, b) {
return a.year - b.year;
}
function sortByHost(a, b) {
a = a.location.toLowerCase();
b = b.location.toLowerCase();
return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
}
function sortByWinScore(a, b) {
return b.winScore - a.winScore;
}
function sortByLosScore(a, b) {
return b.losScore - a.losScore;
}
function sortByWinner(a, b) {
a = a.winner.toLowerCase();
b = b.winner.toLowerCase();
return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
}
function sortByLoser(a, b) {
a = a.loser.toLowerCase();
b = b.loser.toLowerCase();
return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="drawTable('matchData')">
<h1>Transforming JavaScript Data into HTML Tables</h1>
<hr />
<table id="cupFinals">
<thead>
<tr>
<th><a href="#" title="Sort by Year"
onclick="return sortTable(this)">Year</a></th>
<th><a href="#" title="Sort by Country"
onclick="return sortTable(this)">Host Country</a></th>
<th><a href="#" title="Sort by Winning Team"
onclick="return sortTable(this)">Winner</a></th>
<th><a href="#" title="Sort by Losing Team"
onclick="return sortTable(this)">Loser</a></th>
<th>Score <a href="#" title="Sort by Winning Score"
onclick="return sortTable(this)">Win</a> - <a href="#"
title="Sort by Losing Score"
onclick="return sortTable(this)">Lose</a></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="matchData"></tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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