What are you actually trying to achieve here? Through all the code posted, I'm still a bit unclear on the actual goal you're trying to achieve.
On Apr 7, 3:20 pm, Jonathan <jdd...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know global variables seem convenient but they are really quite > evil. Once your project grows to even a moderate size they become a > nightmare to deal with violate a number of good design tenants, you > lose any modularity the code might have had and will run into > namespace conflicts (No matter how detailed you may name them). > > jQuery and JavaScript aren't a templating system, trying to make them > work like one will just be frustrating > > On Apr 7, 11:52 am, "Rick Faircloth" <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote: > > > Actually, I didn't get what I thought. > > > The various sections of code without line breaks were bumping into each > > > other making it look like the code was working! Sorry! > > > This doesn't work: <p>gNewStoryID = <script>gNewStoryID</script></p> > > > It would be nice if I could just stick a "$" on the front of a string and > > have > > > jQuery parse it as a variable; id="$gNewStoryID". That would be as > > convenient > > > as session variables in ColdFusion! Define once, user anywhere! > > > No more extra functions just to change an attribute to a different value. > > > Rick > > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > > Behalf Of Rick Faircloth > > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 2:18 PM > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: How do I access global variables for id's, etc.? > > > Surprisingly, it did work. > > > I ran this code on an otherwise blank page (no doctype, etc.): > > > <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> > > > <script> > > > var gNewStoryID = 2 > > > </script> > > > <p>This is a paragraph of text. Inside this text I want to embed the value > > > of the global variable gNewStoryID, which is > > <script>document.write(gNewStoryID);</script>, isn't it?</p> > > > And, in FF 3, I get: > > > This is a paragraph of text. Inside this text I want to embed the value > > > of the global variable gNewStoryID, which is 2, isn't it? > > > So, there you go! > > > Concerning the alternative. yes, I realize that the typical way of doing > > this "insertion" > > > is to use JS to generate the values or HTML etc., and I have been doing that > > with jQuery. > > > I thought I would just see if there wasn't a way to "free" some of these > > variables from > > > the constant manipulation via JS. > > > Sure seems like JS could benefit from some way to refer to the value of > > these variables > > > apart from simply writing more code. > > > But let me know if you get that first example above to work for you. The > > examples of > > > how to inject HTML with the variables are fine, but they're actually more > > code than > > > just a line of jQuery inside a function. > > > I'm just trying to figure out ways to cut down on the amount of code that > > has to > > > clutter up a page. > > > Rick > > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On > > Behalf Of Michael Geary > > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 1:23 PM > > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: How do I access global variables for id's, etc.? > > > > I'm able to output a global variable value like this: > > > <p>The value of myGlobalVariable is <script>myGlobalVariable</script>.</p> > > > Huh? What browser does that work in? HTML isn't a templating language, and a > > <script> tag doesn't do a text replacement of the script's return value, it > > just runs the script. You didn't actually get this to work, did you? > > > > I would like to be able to do something as simple as > > > <p id="<script>myGlobalVariable</script>">xyz</p>, > > > but apparently the "" marks are a problem. > > > Whoa cowboy, that's even farther from anything you could ever actually do: > > you're trying to nest an HTML tag inside the attribute of another tag. > > > Instead, the way you do stuff like this is to write JavaScript code that > > generates the HTML or DOM elements. > > > For example, during page loading (not in a document ready function), you can > > use document.write(): > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > // myGlobalVariable has been previously defined > > document.write( '<p id="', myGlobalVariable, '">xyz</p>' ); > > </script> > > > That works with local variables as well, of course. > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > (function() { > > var foo = someFunction(); > > document.write( '<p id="', foo, '">xyz</p>' ); > > })(); > > </script> > > > Or, in jQuery you can do things like this: > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > $(function() { > > $('#someContainer').html( > > $('<p>xyz</p>').attr({ id: myGlobalVariable }) > > ); > > }); > > </script> > > > Alternatively, there are several JavaScript-based template systems, from the > > very simple to the rather complex. They may let you code in a style closer > > to what you're hoping to use. > > > -Mike > > > _____ > > > From: Rick Faircloth > > > I would like to be able to do something as simple as > > > <p id="<script>myGlobalVariable</script>">xyz</p>, > > > but apparently the "" marks are a problem. > > > I'm able to output a global variable value like this: > > > <p>The value of myGlobalVariable is <script>myGlobalVariable</script>.</p> > > > Is there some way to use global variable values with an id attribute? > > > Thanks, > > > Rick > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > "It has been my experience that most bad government is the result of too > > much government." - Thomas Jefferson
