[Javascript] defining functions before they're called

[Alexander Freiria]

Your wrong Brian that will work.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Brian L. Matthews <blmatthews at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 8/20/09 11:05 AM, Paul Novitski wrote:
> > Can you think of a reason why one shouldn't call a function before
> > it's declared in the source code? For example:
> >
> >           window.onload = initialize;
> >
> >           function initialize()
> >           {
> >                   ...
> >           }
> >
> >
>
> First, you're not calling the function. Second, that won't work,
> JavaScript will complain that initialize is not defined. You have to
> define any identifier before you use it, except the case where you're
> assigning to it, in which case it's made a global if not already defined
> (and although it works, it's considered bad practice).
>
> Brian
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