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# YUI Library Examples: Cookie Utility: Subcookie Example

# Cookie Utility: Subcookie Example

This example shows how to get and set subcookies as well as using conversion functions when retrieving subcookie values.

### Note:

Keep an eye on the Logger console at right to view the log messages associated with this example.

## Subcookie Example

This example begins by setting up a local reference to the Cookie utility:

var Cookie = YAHOO.util.Cookie;

The next three lines attempt to read the values stored in subcookies of the "example" cookie:

var name = Cookie.getSub("example", "name"); var today = Cookie.getSub("example", "today", function(value){ return new Date(value); }); var count = Cookie.getSub("example", "count", Number);

The "name" subcookie stores a string so it is retrieved without specifying a third argument. The "today" subcookie stores a date string, which should be converted to a `Date` object upon retrieval; the third argument of `getSub()` is specified as a custom function that will convert the returned value into a `Date` object. The "count" subcookie contains a number and is converted to an actual JavaScript number by passing in the native `Number` function. If any of these subcookies don't exist, `getSub()` returns `null` (this should be the case the first time you run the example). The retrieved values are output in the logger.

After that, new values are assigned to the various subcookies:

Cookie.setSub("example", "name", "Yahoo!"); Cookie.setSub("example", "today", (new Date()).toString()); Cookie.setSub("example", "count", Math.round(Math.random() * 30));

The "name" subcookie is set to "Yahoo!", the "today" subcookie is set to the value of a new `Date` object, outputting its string representation, and the "count" subcookie is filled with a random number. The next time you run the example, the subcookies should have these values.

## Configuration for This Example

You can load the necessary JavaScript and CSS for this example from Yahoo's servers. Click here to load the YUI Dependency Configurator with all of this example's dependencies preconfigured.

### YUI Logger Output:

### Cookie Utility Examples:

### More Cookie Utility Resources:

- User's Guide (external)
- API Documentation
- Cheat Sheet PDF (external)

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