javascript variables

[splendid bob]

heres a nice simple one for you!
I have a site with about 4 functions in. One of the functions has a variable, therefore this is a local one. I need this variable to be accessible to the other functions, and i dont think i can pass it to these functions as arguments? - i solved (i think) my problem by creating global variables and not using var for the locals, which changes the value of the globals to what i want. - is this a reliable method? - is there a better way?

Splendid bob

[Kevin Yank]

There are other ways, but you've hit upon the simplest and probably best way to do it: with global variables. Passing parameters would be ideal, but since you can't do this global variables are the way to go.



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[Vincent Puglia]

Hi,

As long as you do not use the global variable's name in another function, you are safe. As a general programming practice, globals are bad news -- especially if the code/script is located near code written by someone else (like cut&paste scripts).
Out of curiousity, why can't you pass the var as an argument?

Vinny



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