JavaScript Tutorial Part II - Function Basics
By Will Bontrager2004-06-14
JavaScript Tutorial Part II - Function Basics
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Unlike many programming languages, JavaScript can be written in bits and pieces. It may be interspersed with HTML code on a web page so long as the JavaScript conforms to its own programming language rules.
Understanding and using JavaScript programming language rules is the purpose of this article series.
Here is what this part of the tutorial covers:
Using/Calling functions
How to make your own functions
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A JavaScript function is a block of code (one or more lines of JavaScript code together in a set) with a name.
The JavaScript language includes many functions, called built-in functions. You can also make your own functions.
"Netscape JavaScript Reference" and "Netscape - Client-Side JavaScript Guide" contain lists of built-in functions. The references are linked from http://search.netscape.com/Computers/Programming/Languages/JavaScript/References
The examples in this article make extensive use of the built-in function alert().
Tutorial Pages:
» JavaScript Tutorial Part II - Function Basics
» Using/Calling functions
» How to make your own functions
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