how to compare xmlhttp.responsetext?

Question

my code-

document.getElementById("lblmsg").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
                if(xmlhttp.responseText == 'Available') 
                    {
                         document.getElementById("newid").value = "";
                    }

although response text is Available but still it is not going inside if condition???

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '10 at 13:27

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Well, that should work.

Are you sure that the response text is exactly Available? Try trimming the response like this:

if(xmlhttp.responseText.trim() == 'Available')

Do you have access to firebug? Try a console.log(xmlhttp) to find out the exact value of the responseText.

answered Aug 10 '10 at 13:27

alexn

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Just in case if above won't work -- `trim()` is not standard Javascript `String` object method. – Grzegorz Gierlik Mar 29 '11 at 09:18

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 03 '12 at 13:21

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After hours of searching I found this pitfall: http://www.vertstudios.com/blog/avoiding-ajax-newline-pitfall/

This solved everything without $.trim(). Somewhere in my included files was a lonely linebreak!

edited Jul 03 '12 at 13:21

akjoshi

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answered Jul 03 '12 at 11:11

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how to compare xmlhttp.responsetext?

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