Topic: Automatic table row numbering

[Sang-drax]

Can I somehow number the rows in a table automatically?
 

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[b]1.[/b] First entry	Some data
[b]2.[/b] First entry	Some data

 
Using

is an option, but tables are much better.

[Perspective]

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<%
for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
%>
   
<%
}
%>

<%= i %> Some Entry

Some data

of course you'll need a tomcat installation for this to work... and you'll also have to name your file .jsp

[ober]

eww... Try PHP:

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for ($i = 0; $i < $MAX; $i++) {
?>
   
}
?>

Some Entry

Some data

Of course you'll need to have PHP installed and name your file .php

Ok, so they're not that much different.

[Perspective]

heh, they're almost exactly the same...

I think the point we're trying to make is you need to use some sort of technology for dynamic content if you don't want to use an

.

[Sang-drax]

OK, so it isn't possible with pure HTML/Style sheets? What about JavaScript? At the moment, PHP isn't available.

Sorry for my ignorance of this thread.

EDIT: I think I'll hack something together in JavaScript. It'll probably be ugly. I have a long list that I rearrange from time to time and I want a table instead to make it look nicer.

[Sang-drax]

Thinking of Duff's device, I tried this:

 

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Petter	Strandmark
Petter2	Strandmark2



1. Item3
   
2. Item4
   

It gave different results in IE and Firefox -- none of them "correct".

[ober]

Your best bet is probably JS if the others aren't available.

[Perspective]

something so you can re-order without renumbering?

like this? (working from memory, no syntax guarentees)

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index = 1;
function next(entry, data) {
  return "" + (index++) + ". " + entry + "" + data + "";
}

function populate() {
  document.write("");
  document.write(next("some entry", "some data"));
  document.write(next("some entry1", "some data1"));
  document.write(next("some entry2", "some data2"));
  document.write(next("some entry3", "some data3"));

....

  document.write("");
}


[Sang-drax]

Thanks, but I'll probably encapsulate the document.write call in the 'next' function.

Is it common to browse the web with JS disabled?

[ober]

A fair amount of people do... but I tend to ignore that fact most of the time

[Perspective]

just have a "noscript" option without numbers?

[Sang-drax]

just have a "noscript" option without numbers?

I could do:

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I suspect that even if browers have script turned off, they will still ignore anything within

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