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Sally Gradle
24,694 PointsAndrew's Suggestion of Anonymous Function
Right at the end of the video Andrew suggests using an anonymous function to shorten some of the code for the event on password input. It is late, and I am tired, but I don't see how this will shorten it since these all have to be called at some point. Thoughts?
2 Answers
Bappy Golder
13,449 PointsHere's how I think the code will be shortened:
Instead of the code looking like the line bellow:
$password.focus(passwordEvent).keyup(passwordEvent).focus(passwordEvent).keyup(confirmPassEvent);
It'll look like this:
$password.yourFunction();
I'm guessing that that your function will be returning the focus and keyUp method.
However how to write the function, I'm not sure. If someone knows how to return jQuery methods from a function that will be great to know.
Jake Hudson
7,841 Pointsthe part that he copied and pasted there at the end.
to keep it dry, instead of copying and pasting, you turn the repeated part into a short function (write it once) and then when you need it the second time, you just call it by its name.
that my take on it anyway.
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Pointsmikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 PointsIt seems it was just a suggestion as a possible method of shortening things up a bit since that particular line of code was so lengthy. It works either way, so I'd imagine it was just a suggestion if you preferred to try it out.