Re: Basic Question

On May 24, 1:08 am, Gregor Kofler <use...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
levinsont...@xxxxxxxxx meinte:

test = {}
test.hi = alert("hi");

hi gets the "result" of (window.)alert assigned. And before returning
this result the alert is being popped up. What you were supposedly
looking for is

test.hi = function() { alert("hi"); };

However in your onload listener this.hi won't do the trick (just like
now). It must be test.hi()

Gregor

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Hi Gregor,

Thanks for your answer.

So, instead of assigning a function to test.hi that popped up an
alert, I was actually assigning window.alert to test.hi?

I guess I still don't understand why the interpreter executed test.hi
first.
.

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