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JavaScript

Kieran Barker
Kieran Barker
15,028 Points
Posted by Kieran Barker
Kieran Barker
15,028 Points

In JavaScript programming, what is the benefit of putting the document.write() method inside a function?

What is the benefit of doing this...

function print(message) {
  document.write(message);
}

Instead of just this?

document.write( // whatever I want to print out );

Also, am I right in calling document.write() a method? Methods and functions look the same to me!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,545 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,545 Points

I can think of two benefits:

  • it makes the code more compact, particularly if it is used multiple times
  • it makes it easy to change how the output is done later at just one point in the code