[Javascript] Object References

[Flavio Gomes]

Yes, there's a with statement:

<form name=myForm>
  First Name:<br><input name=firstname size=30><br>
  Surname:<br><input name=surname size=30>
</form:

  with(document.myForm)
  {
     alert(firstname);
     alert(surname);
  }

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Flavio Gomes
flavio at economisa.com.br

Mike Dougherty wrote:

> Given this:
>
> var loTP = (some object)
> for (itm in loTP.Area0112) {
>   loTP.Area0112[itm].prop0 = (something)
>   loTP.Area0112[itm].prop1 = (something else)
>   loTP.Area0112[itm].prop2 = (something else)
>   }
>
> Would it be "better" to reduce the object references to this:
>
> var loTP = (some object)
> for (itm in loTP.Area0112) {
>   var loCurObj = loTP.Area0112[itm]
>
>   loCurObj.prop0 = (something)
>   loCurObj.prop1 = (something else)
>   loCurObj.prop2 = (something else)
>   }
>
> Is there a "With" construct?  what is the syntax/usage?  (does it 
> matter?)
> (My question is whether or not there is a reason to reduce the length 
> of the reference, not to ask about syntax I probably could look up)
>