Is there a way to substr a value returned by toShortString()?

Question

I am working with openlayers and I can get a point on a map but I can't get the individual coords.

       feat = drawLayer.features[0];

       var geom = feat.geometry;
       var loca = geom.toShortString();
       var long = loc.substr(0,9);

       alert(geom.toShortString());//returns the correct coords in xx.xxx,xx.xxx format
       alert(loca);//returns 2 very large numbers in xx.xxx,xx.xxx format
       alert(long);//returns the first, incorrect number

What exaclty am I doing wrong and how can I correct it?

Thanks

Answer 1

var parts = geom.toShortString().split(',');
var long = parts[0];
var lat = parts[1];

Answer 2

You shouldn't use the toShortString() method to get the individual coordinates of a geometry. It is just a convenience function to get a string describing the LonLat object (i.e "coordX, coordY").

Use the x and y properties instead:

var geom = feat.geometry;
var lon = geom.x;  //X coordinate / Longitude
var lat = geom.y;   //Y coordinte / Latitude