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Don Shipley
19,488 PointsJavaScript
No matter what I try it will not pass http://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-foundations/functions/anonymous-functions http://teamtreehouse.com/library/anonymous-functions On about line 18, make the anonymous function with the code 'window.didExecute = true' execute.
var anonymousFunction = function(){};
// line 18 below
(function () {
window.didExecute = true;
});
3 Answers
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 PointsWhile it may look strange at first, you execute anonymous functions the same way you execute any other function, by adding the parentheses at the end of the function. When it comes to named functions, you add the parentheses after the function name to execute it like this:
someFunction();
An anonymous function obviously doesn't have a name, so you add the parentheses after the function body, like this:
(function () {
// some code
})();
This is something called IIFE — Immediately-invoked function expression.
Don Shipley
19,488 Pointsvar anonymousFunction = function () {};
(function () {
window.didExecute = true;
});();
Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 PointsLook at my code again. There's only one semi-colon at the end of the function expression. You have an additional one in-between the parentheses.
Don Shipley
19,488 PointsThank you Dino... Tried that once before removing the ; gave me the same result. Maybe I had removed the wrong on but think I removed the same one before It passed this time..