Variables, objects...

[pokemaniac]

Hello all! Thanks for taking the time to read me :) I'm trying to find a way to use a variable to reference an object.. I think. Here's the effect I want:

var strThing = "cookie"
document.strThing = "I have a cookie now."

Any way to do something like this? Thanks for any insight!

[dotnetanimal]

var pagetitle = document.title;
document.write(pagetitle);

[Charles]

This gets a bit confusing but in client side JavaScript var strThing = "cookie" sets a property of either the Window object, if it's a top level declaration, or of the Call object, if the declaration is inside a function declaration.

[pokemaniac]

Hmm, so is that no? :) hehe I guess it comes down to: Can you use a document's cookie without saying cookie, or write a line without saying write etc...

[Charles]

Oh, that's a different question than the one you seemed to be asking.

In JavaScript, and with a few exceptions, everything is just a property of some other object. And yes, you can assign away.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
p = document.write;
p('foo');
// -->
</script>

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write = 'foo';
alert(document.write);
// -->
</script>

[pokemaniac]

Ok, yeah that's kind of it! But I'm still needing:

p='write';
document.p("alrighty");

They wouldn't be right next to each other, but that's the effect I need. So that I don't say document.write

[Charles]

Objects just simply don't work that way. If you want to assign

document.write

to

document.p

then use

document.p = document.write.