src/hg/js/autocomplete.js 1.3

Index: src/hg/js/autocomplete.js
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RCS file: /projects/compbio/cvsroot/kent/src/hg/js/autocomplete.js,v
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diff -b -B -U 4 -r1.2 -r1.3
--- src/hg/js/autocomplete.js	9 Feb 2010 08:51:30 -0000	1.2
+++ src/hg/js/autocomplete.js	16 Feb 2010 01:27:05 -0000	1.3
@@ -47,4 +47,32 @@
     if(suggestCache != null)
         suggestCache[this.key] = response;
     this.cont(eval(response));
 }
+
+function lookupGene(db, gene)
+{
+// returns coordinates for gene (requires an exact match).
+// Warning: this function does a synchronous ajax call.
+    // first look in our local cache.
+    if(suggestCache && suggestCache[gene]) {
+        var list = eval(suggestCache[gene]);
+        for(var i=0;i<list.length;i++) {
+            if(list[i].value == gene) {
+                return list[i].id;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // synchronously get match from the server
+    var str = $.ajax({
+                     url: "../cgi-bin/hgSuggest",
+                     data: "exact=1&db=" + db + "&prefix=" + gene,
+                     async: false
+                 }).responseText;
+    if(str) {
+        var obj = eval(str);
+        if(obj.length == 1) {
+            return obj[0].id;
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+}