Re: FN-FORUM: Am I going mad ?

date posted 1st July 2004 00:32

Javascript == great for some jobs, terrible for others

Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
>
> Javascript == Bag of Shite...
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> 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:
>
> > If I have a function;
>
>
> > Function Arse(myvalue)
> > {
> > myvalue="test");
> > return(true);
> > }
>
>
> > If I then call Arse, passing in a value of the parameter myvalue of
> > "changethis", when the value returns, does it do like every other
> > 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
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