Thanks Eric, that's definitely a more jQuery-centric approach. But the Javascript error persists.
On Dec 11, 11:24 am, "Eric Garside" <gars...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try: > > Object.prototype.getKeys = function(){ > var arr = []; > $.each(this, function(k){ arr.push(k) }); > return arr; > > > > } > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Bill <bllfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If you know of another way of accomplishing this using jQuery, please > > let me know! > > > On Dec 11, 11:12 am, Bill <bllfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I extended the Object object with a method called getKeys() that works > > > like Perl's keys() function -- given a hash, or associative array, the > > > method returns an array containing all keys: > > > > Object.prototype.getKeys = function() { > > > var arr = new Array(); > > > for (var s in this) { > > > if (this.hasOwnProperty(s)) arr.push(s); > > > } > > > return arr; > > > > } > > > > However, when I include this function definition anywhere in a page, > > > jQuery reports the following error: > > > > name.replace is not a function > > > name = name.replace(/-([a-z])/ig, function(all, letter) > > > { jquery-1.2.6.js (line 1115) > > > > Any idea why this might be happening? > > > > Thank you kindly, > > > > --Bill > > -- > Eric Garside > Front End Developer > LabPrints