data is an array of Json data The structure of each object is:

var data = [
{
    id: 0, 
    img: "image_src", 
    width: 107, 
    height: 80, 
    shadowBoxLink: "....",
    th: {
        width: 107,
        height: 70, 
        img: "src"
    }
},
{
    id: 1, 
    img: "image_src", 
    width: 107, 
    height: 80, 
    shadowBoxLink: "....",
    th: {
        width: 107,
        height: 80, 
        img: "src"
    }
}
];

When I try to access the array in a loop (only happens in IE8, IE7) with:

for(var i in data) {
    var imgHeight = data[i].th.height;
}

I got an error message: "Impossible to get property of "height" the reference is null or not defined"

(I translated the message from french: Impossible d’obtenir la propriété « height » d’une référence null ou non définie)

What am I doing wrong?

data is an array of Json data The structure of each object is:

var data = [
{
    id: 0, 
    img: "image_src", 
    width: 107, 
    height: 80, 
    shadowBoxLink: "....",
    th: {
        width: 107,
        height: 70, 
        img: "src"
    }
},
{
    id: 1, 
    img: "image_src", 
    width: 107, 
    height: 80, 
    shadowBoxLink: "....",
    th: {
        width: 107,
        height: 80, 
        img: "src"
    }
}
];

When I try to access the array in a loop (only happens in IE8, IE7) with:

for(var i in data) {
    var imgHeight = data[i].th.height;
}

I got an error message: "Impossible to get property of "height" the reference is null or not defined"

(I translated the message from french: Impossible d’obtenir la propriété « height » d’une référence null ou non définie)

What am I doing wrong?

• javascript
• arrays
• internet-explorer
• object
• for-loop

• See edit for another possible issue. – Chris Commented Mar 20, 2013 at 11:40

3 Answers 3

Accessing array elements can be done more semantically like this:

for(var i = 0, n = data.length; i < n; i ++) {
    var imgHeight = data[i].th.height;
    ...
}

for..in loops are meant to be used with key-based objects.

NOTE: you also have a missing closing quote in your object:

th: Object {
   width: 107,
   height: 80, 
   img: "src /* NEED A CLOSING " HERE */
}

It seems you're looking for the property somewhere it doesn't exist

Make a simple test:

for(var i in data) {
  if(data[i] && data[i].th && data[i].th.height){
    console.log('the property exists');
  }else{
    console.log("no, it doesn't")
  }      
}

There is an array of objects.

So, use for and get the required object's property.

There is a syntax error in the given code. Close the string with quotes.

Example code is here.

var data = [
    {
        id: 0, 
        img: "image_src1", 
        width: 107, 
        height: 80, 
        shadowBoxLink: "....",
        th: {
            width: 107,
            height: 70, 
            img: "src"
        }
    },
    {
        id: 1, 
        img: "image_src2", 
        width: 107, 
        height: 80, 
        shadowBoxLink: "....",
        th: {
            width: 107,
            height: 40, 
            img: "src"
        }
    }
];

for(var i=0; i<data.length; i++) {
    var imgHeight = data[i].th.height;
    alert(imgHeight);
}