Behavior of for...each...in Statement

The for...each...in statement was removed as part of ECMA-357 (4x) and should no longer be used. In SuiteScript2.0, the for...each...in statement is accepted. In SuiteScript 2.1, a SyntaxError is thrown if you try to use the for...each...in statement in your script.

Scenario	SuiteScript 2.0 Behavior	SuiteScript 2.1 Behavior
Use a `for...each...in` statement to process values in an object: `var obj = {fileType: "csv", encoding: "UTF-8", isOnline: "false"}; for each(var value in obj) { log.debug("value = " , value); }`	The `for...each...in` statement is accepted and the script continues to run.	The following error is generated: SyntaxError: SyntaxError: <eval>:3:4 Expected ( but found each for each ( var value in obj) {

Scenario

SuiteScript 2.0 Behavior

SuiteScript 2.1 Behavior

Use a for...each...in statement to process values in an object:

                    var obj = {fileType: "csv", encoding: "UTF-8", isOnline: "false"};
for each(var value in obj) {
    log.debug("value = " , value);
}

The for...each...in statement is accepted and the script continues to run.

The following error is generated:

SyntaxError: SyntaxError: <eval>:3:4 Expected ( but found each for each ( var value in obj) {

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