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JavaScript

Posted by Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
35,560 Points

Can someone explain what the following code is doing?

Can someone explain this code: onSubmit="rpt('id',this);"

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

This appears to be an attribute setting that might be found in a <form> tag.

If so, it establishes the behavior to be performed when the form is submitted. At that time, a function (defined elsewhere) named rpt will be called, and passed two parameters. This first parameter is the literal string 'id', and the second is an object representing the form itself (the "this" object).

For a more complete analysis, you would need to provide more of the JavaScript code (particularly where rpt is defined) , and perhaps more of the context where this snippet was found.

Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
35,560 Points

Thanks Steven