[thelist] javascript detecting if function/var is already defined
Simon Willison
cs1spw at bath.ac.uk
Thu Nov 27 11:53:25 CST 2003
christof.hoeke at e-7.com wrote:
> hi, i have a problem with a script which depends on a function x()
> which may be defined or not, depending on the page. normally i (at
> least i think it worked) tried to find out if x is available by
> checking
>
> if (x == "undefined") //do something other, maybe calling function y
> but not x else //do something with x, e.g. call it
>
> this does not work though (although i am quite sure it worked at one
> time). i always get a browser error "x is not defined"
You need this:
if (typeof x == 'undefined') {
// do something
}
Cheers,
Simon Willison
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