can anyone here tell me about this strange javascript character? i'm confusing

[smansakra]

i'm new on javascript so i 'm little confusing about this little strange javascript characters:

plese , can anyone here tell / explain this to me?

var $name --> i dont know why javascript use "$" character? it look like php variable.. humk?

&$name --> oh my good, i'm really confusing about this

parent :: parse($name) -- > plese tellme.....

$$this ---> what does it mean????


and alse what is "prototype" ?
and what is "jquery"?

sorry, i'm a new player in javascript.

[Nile]

Prototype and Jquery are both javascript frameworks. A simpler way to use javascript. The $ variables are for frameworks - jquery uses it as a selector.

$("#div");

Which would mean: document.getElementById('div').

[smansakra]

Prototype and Jquery are both javascript frameworks. A simpler way to use javascript. The $ variables are for frameworks - jquery uses it as a selector.

$("#div");

Which would mean: document.getElementById('div').

hum, prototype and jquery is frameworks, okay i will read your link above.
$("#div"); is used by jquery as selector , same as document.getElementById('div')


so what about :

var $name
&$name
parent :: parse($name)
$$this

[Nile]

Can you point me to where you've seen that before? You may be getting mixed up with PHP Classes (or OOP).

<?php
class Test {
  var $error;
  function carry_error($err){
    $this->error .= $err."<br />";
  }
  function throw_errors(){
    return MakeErrors::error($this->error);
  }
}
class MakeErrors {
  function error($err){
    return $err;
  }
}
$test = new Test();
$test->carry_error('Some random error...');
$test->carry_error('One more random error.. :-)');
die($test->throw_errors());
?>

[smansakra]

hi, sorry, i think i'm really confusing , hi may be you're right, this is php class

sorry....

[Nile]

Can you post the code you saw with this code? Our job is to unconfuse confused people.

[codeexploiter]

var $name --> i dont know why javascript use "$" character? it look like php variable.. humk?

A JavaScript variable name can start with $ symbol. In PHP without $ symbol it is not possible to make variable (I know constants does not have them) but in JavaScript the $ symbol is not compulsory. Rather we can say it like this in PHP $ symbol is not a part of the 'variable name' but in JavaScript if you use $ symbol it will be a part of the 'variable name'

[smansakra]

var $name :

/**
 * search the forum
 */
Forum.prototype.search = function (text, type, forum, u, disp)
{	
	this.loading ('SEARCHING');

	var m = document.getElementById('main');
	if (!m) 
	{
		new BxError("main div is not defined", "please name main content container");
	}

	var $this = this;

	var h = function (r)
	{		
		var m = document.getElementById('main');		

		m.innerHTML = r;

		$this.runScripts ('main');

        $this.setWindowTitle(null); 

		$this.stopLoading ();

		$this.checkHeight ();
	}

	new BxXslTransform(this._base + "?action=search&text=" + text + "&type=" + type + "&forum=" + forum + "&u=" + u + "&disp=" + disp, urlXsl + "search.xsl", h);

	document.h.makeHist('action=goto&search_result=1&' + text + '&' + type + '&' + forum + '&' + u + '&' + disp);

	return false;
}

huh, i forget about the sample code of
&$name
parent :: parse($name)
$$this

i'm still confusing so i can not think . he he

[Nile]

Yes, as you see where you've bolded. They are using this to get to a parent element you cannot access from a function.

Want english?

It's just like saying I'm gonna destroy Jupiter.. But wait, I'm on Earth! You cannot do that, so what you have to do is put a few bombs on Jupiter - then leave to earth.

[offtopic w/ a little bit of my two cents]
Like my example. Very destructive, but Jupiter is my least favorite big giant gas planet. (or really least favorite planet)
Of course, looking at the fact that Jupiter is made out of gas, and if I planted bombs on it, it'd probably explode before I have time to escape... What ever! GR, it's just an example.
[/3 cents. ]

[smansakra]

A JavaScript variable name can start with $ symbol. In PHP without $ symbol it is not possible to make variable (I know constants does not have them) but in JavaScript the $ symbol is not compulsory. Rather we can say it like this in PHP $ symbol is not a part of the 'variable name' but in JavaScript if you use $ symbol it will be a part of the 'variable name'

so? why do they ( designer) use this "$" on the variable name?
hum, may be they (designer) want to make somebody like me to be confusing when reading their code