[Javascript] onclick and functions

[David Dorward]

tedd wrote:
> a.onclick = test1(1);
> b.onclick = test2();
> 1. Why do the alerts show at start-up?
>
> 2. Why does the onclick not work (i.e., no alerts)?

Since you are calling the function immediately and then assigning the
return value from the function to the onclick property. You need to
assign a function to it.

a.onclick = function () { test1(1); }