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beetle · 01-11-2003, 11:37 AM

Ya Skyzyx, you got it right. What jkd used is called an object literal. The same way this

Code:

var nums = [1,2,3,4];

is the literal syntax for this

Code:

var nums = new Array(1,2,3,4);

For objects, this

Code:

var nums = { M: 1000, D:500, C:100, L:50, X:10, V:5, I:1 }

is the same as doing this

Code:

var nums = new Object();
nums.M = 1000;
nums.D = 500;
nums.C = 100;
nums.L = 50;
nums.X = 10;
nums.V = 5;
nums.I = 1;

Since functions are just another variable type in javascript, jkd is just assigning functions to his CookieJar object's properties to make them methods.

About the parameter passing thing with anon function...that's not really an anonymous function, it's name is fill and you can't pass parameters like that.

Hope I've helped

01-11-2003, 11:37 AM	PM User \| #7
beetle Senior Coder Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,467 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ya Skyzyx, you got it right. What jkd used is called an object literal. The same way this Code: var nums = [1,2,3,4]; is the literal syntax for this Code: var nums = new Array(1,2,3,4); For objects, this Code: var nums = { M: 1000, D:500, C:100, L:50, X:10, V:5, I:1 } is the same as doing this Code: var nums = new Object(); nums.M = 1000; nums.D = 500; nums.C = 100; nums.L = 50; nums.X = 10; nums.V = 5; nums.I = 1; Since functions are just another variable type in javascript, jkd is just assigning functions to his CookieJar object's properties to make them methods. About the parameter passing thing with anon function...that's not really an anonymous function, it's name is fill and you can't pass parameters like that. Hope I've helped __________________ My Site \| fValidate \| My Brainbench \| MSDN \| Gecko \| xBrowser DOM \| PHP \| Ars \| PVP “Minds are like parachutes. They don't work unless they are open” “Maturity is simply knowing when to not be immature”