[Javascript] combining Javascript & VBscript

[Peter Brunone]

	That's the nice thing about variants.  If you suddenly assign it
to an array, it's an array, e.g.

myString = Split(myString, "|")

Convenient, but probably not the most efficient use of resources :-D

	As for "freeing" string vars and such, you can set them equal to
Nothing; I don't know what the Javascript equivalent would be.

-----Original Message-----
From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu On Behalf Of David Lovering

I was thinking particularly of "freeing" a variable by deleting it,
although the other discussion is starting to turn out to be more
interesting.  Also, I can think of a few bizarro situations where a
single variable might suddenly need to become an array, or vice-versa.
That's hard to do without a "new Array()" or something similar.

However, I'll defer to the other list readers.  My peculiar interests in
pure OOL stuff does not (as yet) have any direct bearing on Javascript.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris T" <christ at saeweb.com>

> VBScript (and JavaScript) uses Variants though. So you don't have to
define
> variables as types.  Why would there be a need to redefine it a second
time?
> Just set the variable if you want to change it's value type.
>
> Chris Tifer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lovering" <dlovering at gazos.com>
>
> > Well, some might say that redefining a variable (either by value, or

> > by
> > type) might be useful, just as redefining an array might be.  If
VBScript
> > doesn't support that in some fashion, I'd say it has a serious 
> > problem.
> >
> > -- Dave Lovering
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Novitski" <paul at dandemutande.org>
> >
> > > One serious advantage VBscript has over Javascript is the 
> > > enforcement
of
> > > unique variable names.  Accidentally naming two variables the same

> > > can cause problems that are hair-pullingly difficult to detect & 
> > > debug in
a
> > > complex application.
> > >
> > > Javascript blithely allows:
> > >
> > >          var thingie = "a";
> > >          var thingie = "b";
> > >
> > > whereas VB chokes on:
> > >
> > >          dim thingie
> > >          dim thingie
> > >
> > > and generates a runtime (compile) error "Name redefined".
> > >
> > > Alas, neither script seems to enforce uniqueness of function 
> > > names,
> taking
> > > (in my experience) the last instance of a function as the one to 
> > > run
> when
> > > it's called.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > At 10:28 AM 3/30/2004, Chris T wrote:
> > > > > for example Javascript's string methods or, gosh, I don't 
> > > > > know, maybe VBscript's high-level date & time formatting.
> > > >
> > > >That seems to be the biggest reason to want to do it. If you're 
> > > >going straight VBScript, you will be limited in that you can't 
> > > >get
> Milliseconds
> > > >I don't believe, but JS can do that.
> > > >
> > > >And like you said, the built-in formatting of dates is probably 
> > > >superior  in VBScript.
> > > >
> > > >Chris Tifer