RE: FN-FORUM: Am I going mad ?

date posted 1st July 2004 00:07

Javascript =3D=3D Bag of Shite...=20

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Pete
Croft
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 11:59 PM
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Am I going mad ?


Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:=20

> If I have a function;


> Function Arse(myvalue)
> {
> myvalue=3D"test");
> return(true);
> }


> If I then call Arse, passing in a value of the parameter myvalue of=20
> "changethis", when the value returns, does it do like every other=20
> decent programming language and update the value - cos if not

You're either joking or a C++ programmer ;-)

IIRC Javascript doesn't support passing by reference, only by value, so
you'll have to return the explicit value, not just 'true'.

Cheers,

Pete
--
Peter Croft
PC Associates


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