Re: explain what this means

JRS: In article <0xTOe.5296$iM2.523263@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dated Wed, 24
Aug 2005 17:25:01, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript, windandwaves
<winandwaves@xxxxxxxxxxxx> posted :
>I found the following function somewhere on the web. I am not sure how it
>works, but I am sure that it is very useful:
>
>function getObj(name) {
> if (document.getElementById){
> if(document.getElementById(name)) {
> if(document.getElementById(name).style) {
> this.obj document.getElementById(name);
> this.style document.getElementById(name);
> }
> }
> }

It looks rather inefficient, as it does the search for name four
times. After removing the actual errors, consider something (untested)
along the lines of

function getObj(name) { var T
if (T = document.getElementById){
if (T = T(name)) {
if (T.style) {
this.obj T;
this.style T;
}
}
}


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