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Published on: Sunday 9th February 1997 By: Martin Webb

results.htm source code

<html lang="en">
<head>

<title>Search Results</title>

</head>

<body>

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var old = 0;
var pos = 0;
var lst = 0;
var str = '';
var out = '';
var src = parent.searchtext.toUpperCase();
var len = parent.searchtext.length;

function find() {
  var string = 
    out.substring(old+len,pos) +
    '<i><font color="#0000FF" size=+"1">' +
    out.substring(pos,pos+len) +
    '</font></i>';
  old = pos;
  pos = str.indexOf(src,pos+len);
  if ((pos != -1) && (old != lst)) string += find();
  else string += out.substring(old+len,out.length);
  return string;
}

function show(tmp) {
  if (src != '') {
    out = tmp + ' ';
    str = out.toUpperCase();
    pos = str.indexOf(src);
    lst = str.lastIndexOf(src);
    old = -(str.length);
    if (pos != -1) return find();
    else return out;
  }
  else return tmp;
}

function output() {
  var href = parent.articleArray[i].href;
  var desc = parent.articleArray[i].desc;
  var text = parent.articleArray[i].text;
  var tech = parent.articleArray[i].tech;
  var date = convert_date(parent.articleArray[i].date);

  document.write('<tr><td valign="top">');
  document.write('<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">');
  document.write('<font size="4">');
  document.write('<a href="' + href + '" target="_parent">');
  document.write(show(text));
  document.write('</a></font>');
  if (parent.vdate) {
    document.write('<font size="2"><br>');
    document.write(show(date)+'</font>');
  }
  document.write('</font></td>');
  document.write('<td valign="top">');
  document.write('<font face="Arial" size="3">');
  if (parent.vhref) {
    document.write('<font size="2">');
    document.write('<a href="' + href + '" target="_parent">');
    document.write(show(href) + '</a></font>');
  }
  if (parent.vdesc)
    document.write('<p>'+show(desc));
  if (parent.vtech) {
    document.write('<p><b>Techniques:</b> ');
    document.write(show(tech));
  }
  document.write('</font></td></tr>');
}

function makeArray() {
  for (i = 0; i<makeArray.arguments.length; i++)
     this[i + 1] = makeArray.arguments[i];
}

function makeArray0() {
  for (i = 0; i<makeArray0.arguments.length; i++)
    this[i] = makeArray0.arguments[i];
}

var days = new makeArray0(
  'Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday',
  'Thursday','Friday','Saturday'
);
var months = new makeArray0(
  'January','February','March','April',
  'May','June','July','August','September',
  'October','November','December'
);

function nths(day) { 
  if (day == 1 || day == 21 || day == 31)
    return 'st';
  else
    if (day == 2 || day == 22)
      return 'nd';
    if (day == 3 || day == 23)
      return 'rd';
    else return 'th';
}

function y2k(number) {
  return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
}

function fullDate(date) {
  return days[date.getDay()] + ' ' +
         date.getDate() + nths(date.getDate()) + ' ' +
         months[date.getMonth()] + ' ' +
         (y2k(date.getYear()));
}

function convert_date(string) {
  var date =
    new Date(
      string.substring(0,4),
      (string.substring(4,6)-1),
      string.substring(6,8)
    );
  return fullDate(date);
}

if (parent.searchtext != '') {
  document.write('<h1>Search Results</h1>');
  document.write('<h2>Search string = \'' + parent.searchtext + '\'</h2>');
}
else {
  document.write('<h1>JavaScript</h1>');
  document.write('<h2>The following JavaScript demonstrations are available:</h2>');
}

document.write('<table cellpadding="10">');
var is = parent.searchtext.toUpperCase();

for (var i=0; i < parent.articleIndex; i++) {
  if ((parent.articleArray[i].href.toUpperCase().indexOf(is) != -1) ||
    (parent.articleArray[i].desc.toUpperCase().indexOf(is) != -1) ||
    (parent.articleArray[i].tech.toUpperCase().indexOf(is) != -1) ||
    (parent.articleArray[i].date.toUpperCase().indexOf(is) != -1))
      output();
}


document.write('</table>');
//--></script>

</body>
</html>

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