generic function to convert address to a latlng

[Gary Tan]

Hi,

I am trying to create a generic function as below. no error reported,
but no mag shows up either. can somebody help?

Thanks a lot

function codeAddress(address) {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
if (geocoder) {
geocoder.geocode({ 'address': address }, function(results,
status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
return results[0].geometry.location
}
else {
alert("Geocode was not successful for the
following reason: " + status);
};
})
}
};

var latlng = codeAddress('150 Springfield Blvd,Richmond,95037');

// if i change to below, everything look fine.
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644);

[Rossko]

> I am trying to create a generic function as below. no error reported,
> but no mag shows up either. can somebody help?

Geocoding is asynchronous. You can't 'return' any value from its
callback function. You need to do whatever it is you want to do with
the results, inside the callback function.

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/services.html#Geocoding