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JavaScript AJAX Basics Programming AJAX Programming AJAX Challenge

Milo Dennison
PLUS
Milo Dennison
Courses Plus Student 4,540 Points

Can I use an arrow function for the request.onreadystatechange instead of the anonymous function?

var request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.onreadystatechange = () =>
{ if(request.readyState ===4 && request.status === 200) { ...

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,708 Points

It's still a type of anonymous function, but you should be familiar with the ways that arrow functions differ from conventional functions in case any of them might impact the operation of your code body.

If none of the differences apply, you should be fine.