Mike... Guys... I'm kinda thinking there might be a more elegant solution? I'm forwarding this string to a buddy of mine, Prakash ... he works at Sun! =p Will advise... On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Mike Dougherty <mdougherty at pbp.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Terry Riegel > <riegel at clearimageonline.com> wrote: > > Perhaps the expected object is pulled from an external source outside of > > the control of my application. There are many times I would like to > simply > > call... > > > > a.b.c.title || 'untitled' > > 'sounds like the kind of thing you take the time to write a wrapper to > handle, then never think about again. > > try{ var thetitle = a.b.c.title; } catch(err){ var thetitle = 'untitled'; } > ... is probably about as good as it'll get. > _______________________________________________ > Javascript mailing list > Javascript at lists.evolt.org > http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript > -- Robert Q Kim Plastic Surgery Patient Advisor http://sparkah.com/2011/11/12/top-plastic-surgeons-in-sf-san-francisco-to-see-in-2012/ 2611 S Coast Highway San Diego, CA 92007 310 598 1606