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JavaScript

Posted by jennyhan
jennyhan
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Refactoring

In refactoring, is it practical that we use createElement() method when creating the createElement function? they have the same name. It looks wired even though it works.

James Anwyl
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James Anwyl
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Hi Jenny, Can you provide a link to the video in question so we can see the code? Thanks

1 Answer

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

Are you sure you don't mean "createDiv"?

I remember a createDiv function that called createElement a number of times.

But you could indeed have an object with a method name that is the same as a function name. They would not be confused by the computer because the way each of them is called is different. But I can certainly see how that would be confusing to human readers!