It will make pasting JS code easier to read!
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/geshi-syntax-highlighter.89/
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/geshi-syntax-highlighter.89/
Code:
// This doesn't work like you might think, because the value of `i` never
// gets locked in. Instead, every link, when clicked (well after the loop
// has finished executing), alerts the total number of elements, because
// that's what the value of `i` actually is at that point.
var elems = document.getElementsByTagName( 'a' );
for ( var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++ ) {
elems[ i ].addEventListener( 'click', function(e){
e.preventDefault();
alert( 'I am link #' + i );
}, 'false' );
}
// This works, because inside the IIFE, the value of `i` is locked in as
// `lockedInIndex`. After the loop has finished executing, even though the
// value of `i` is the total number of elements, inside the IIFE the value
// of `lockedInIndex` is whatever the value passed into it (`i`) was when
// the function expression was invoked, so when a link is clicked, the
// correct value is alerted.
var elems = document.getElementsByTagName( 'a' );
for ( var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++ ) {
(function( lockedInIndex ){
elems[ i ].addEventListener( 'click', function(e){
e.preventDefault();
alert( 'I am link #' + lockedInIndex );
}, 'false' );
})( i );
}
// You could also use an IIFE like this, encompassing (and returning) only
// the click handler function, and not the entire `addEventListener`
// assignment. Either way, while both examples lock in the value using an
// IIFE, I find the previous example to be more readable.
var elems = document.getElementsByTagName( 'a' );
for ( var i = 0; i < elems.length; i++ ) {
elems[ i ].addEventListener( 'click', (function( lockedInIndex ){
return function(e){
e.preventDefault();
alert( 'I am link #' + lockedInIndex );
};
})( i ), 'false' );
}
