I don't have IE8 so I am testing IE8 from within IE10. When I switch to "IE8 standards" for document mode, the javascript map function of an array object gives a javascript error: Object doesn't support property or method 'map'
but when I switch to "Standards" for document mode, there's no error. Which mode should I test under?
If IE8 doesn't support the map function, is there a way to emulate it?
It's not supported, but MDN provides a shim very close to the specification:
// Production steps of ECMA-262, Edition 5, 15.4.4.19
// Reference: http://es5.github.com/#x15.4.4.19
if (!Array.prototype.map) {
Array.prototype.map = function(callback, thisArg) {
var T, A, k;
if (this == null) {
throw new TypeError(" this is null or not defined");
}
// 1. Let O be the result of calling ToObject passing the |this| value as the argument.
var O = Object(this);
// 2. Let lenValue be the result of calling the Get internal method of O with the argument "length".
// 3. Let len be ToUint32(lenValue).
var len = O.length >>> 0;
// 4. If IsCallable(callback) is false, throw a TypeError exception.
// See: http://es5.github.com/#x9.11
if (typeof callback !== "function") {
throw new TypeError(callback + " is not a function");
}
// 5. If thisArg was supplied, let T be thisArg; else let T be undefined.
if (thisArg) {
T = thisArg;
}
// 6. Let A be a new array created as if by the expression new Array(len) where Array is
// the standard built-in constructor with that name and len is the value of len.
A = new Array(len);
// 7. Let k be 0
k = 0;
// 8. Repeat, while k < len
while(k < len) {
var kValue, mappedValue;
// a. Let Pk be ToString(k).
// This is implicit for LHS operands of the in operator
// b. Let kPresent be the result of calling the HasProperty internal method of O with argument Pk.
// This step can be combined with c
// c. If kPresent is true, then
if (k in O) {
// i. Let kValue be the result of calling the Get internal method of O with argument Pk.
kValue = O[ k ];
// ii. Let mappedValue be the result of calling the Call internal method of callback
// with T as the this value and argument list containing kValue, k, and O.
mappedValue = callback.call(T, kValue, k, O);
// iii. Call the DefineOwnProperty internal method of A with arguments
// Pk, Property Descriptor {Value: mappedValue, : true, Enumerable: true, Configurable: true},
// and false.
// In browsers that support Object.defineProperty, use the following:
// Object.defineProperty(A, Pk, { value: mappedValue, writable: true, enumerable: true, configurable: true });
// For best browser support, use the following:
A[ k ] = mappedValue;
}
// d. Increase k by 1.
k++;
}
// 9. return A
return A;
};
}
Using jQuery.map():
if (!Array.prototype.map) {
Array.prototype.map = function (callback, thisArg) {
return $.isArray(thisArg) ? $.map(thisArg, callback) : [];
};
}
IE8 doesn't support ES5 array methods.
You can either use jQuery's $.map()
, or underscore's _.map()
.
If you're not using any one of those libraries, you can use this polyfill on MDN.
No, it is not implemented.
But you can extend Array prototype by this:
(function(fn){
if (!fn.map) fn.map=function(f){var r=[];for(var i=0;i<this.length;i++)r.push(f(this[i]));return r}
if (!fn.filter) fn.filter=function(f){var r=[];for(var i=0;i<this.length;i++)if(f(this[i]))r.push(this[i]);return r}
})(Array.prototype);
Please check out ECMAScript 5 compatibility table. IE8 doesn't support Array.prototype.map. You can use jQuery.map()