<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <!-- Playing with JavaScript and some of functional programming features by: Sharon Tuttle last modified: 2025-05-01 you can run this using the URL: https://nrs-projects.humboldt.edu/~st10/s25cs328/328lect14-2/js-funct-play.html -->
<head> <title> JS function play </title> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <link href="https://nrs-projects.humboldt.edu/~st10/styles/normalize.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script type="text/javascript">
"use strict"; // set a variable looky to an anonymous function let looky = function() { alert("Called by a function with no name!"); }; looky();
// you can also have a named function: function named() { alert("called by a NAMED function"); } named();
// you can set a variable to a named function, also // // NOTE that there are NO parentheses below!!!!!! let alsoNamed = named; alsoNamed(); // a JS function can have a function as its argument function silly(functParam) { alert("BEGINNING of function silly"); functParam(); alert("END of function silly"); } silly(named); silly(function() { alert("MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"); }); /*=== UNCOMMENT, run this, and (if in Chrome) look at: View->Developer->JavaScript Console ...to see the error message ===*/ //silly(named()); alert("the HEAD element JavaScript popup nightmare is now over!"); window.onload = function() { let greetButton = document.getElementById("greet"); // so, NOW changing the DOM, after the document has been loaded, // adding an onclick attribute to this button with id="greet" greetButton.onclick = function() { let greetHeader = document.getElementById("greeting"); // when this button is clicked, change the content of the // element with id="greeting" based on its current content if (greetHeader.innerHTML == "") { greetHeader.innerHTML = "GREETINGS for the FIRST time!"; } else { if (greetHeader.innerHTML == "Hello!") { greetHeader.innerHTML = "Howdy!"; } else { greetHeader.innerHTML = "Hello!"; } } }; };
</script> </head> <body> <h1> JavaScript Function Play </h1> <p> <strong>NOTE</strong> - OY, this does NOTHING if JavaScript is disabled or pop-ups are not enabled! </p> <p> <button id="greet"> Get a greeting </button> </p> <h2 id="greeting"></h2> <footer> <hr /> <p> Validate by pasting .xhtml copy's URL into<br /> <a href="https://validator.w3.org/nu"> https://validator.w3.org/nu </a> or <a href="https://html5.validator.nu/"> https://html5.validator.nu/ </a> </p> </footer> </body> </html>