Can't find variable

Question

so as you about to learn, I don't know javascript, but this seems like it should work:

var whitelistURLPartials = ["ae\=Folder","ae\=Item\&t\=IPM\.Note"];

var current = window.location.href;

for (var whitelist in whitelistURLPartials)
{
    if(current.match(whitelist))
    {
        window.setTimeout(function(){document.location.reload(true)},1000*60);
        break;
    }   
}

but i get 6: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: whitelistURLPartials

this is in a safari extension if it matters.

EDIT:
It seems that Safari was keeping every version of the .js file from every changed version of the extension loaded. I had to restart Safari to clear them.

Can you paste in the code exactly as written? Are you sure that you've put the iterator in the same scope as the array? Did you check capitalization? — zzzzBov, Jan 21 '13 at 19:07
That code runs fine in my browser's JS console, so it's probably related to being a Safari extension. And FYI, using "for in" loops for array iteration is not recommended. Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/500504/javascript-for-in-with-arrays — mwcz, Jan 21 '13 at 19:09
this is my entire code as written, thanks for checking for me... and @mwcz thanks for that info — Grady Player, Jan 21 '13 at 19:10
mwcz, it looks like my usage of `for in` is safe, in this context, unless I don't really understand the problem with it. — Grady Player, Jan 21 '13 at 19:12
Your use is safe, but not recommended, as mwcz said. Your `whitelist` var will be `"0"`, `"1"` (so, the indexes, as strings) - not what you expect, it seems. — bfavaretto, Jan 21 '13 at 19:16
I mean, it's safe as long as `Array.prototype` has not been messed with. — bfavaretto, Jan 21 '13 at 19:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '13 at 19:51

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Safari Had kept the old scripts in memory and running them every time my extension hit the domain that it was set to work on. I had to restart the Safari Process.

thanks to everyone who helped point me in the correct direction.

answered Jan 21 '13 at 19:51

Grady Player

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