> > but is this what is supppose to happen/intended?
>
> Yes.
>
> Any unscoped variable that is created in a function body is
> automatically placed in the variables scope, which is "global" and
> not
> localised to the function, hence future iterations of the same
> function
> can read/overwrite that value. To localise a variable to the
> function,
> prefix it with "var":
thanks for the link. that is exactly what i needed. to me, this is
counter-intuitive. i would think that variables declared in a
function would be local to that function unless i specifically put
them into another scope.(hence the problem i had) but that is me.
thanks to everyone for the information.
jason
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