[JavaScript] Re: linking a web page to an external javascript file

> Re: linking a web page to an external javascript file
> Posted by: "David Smart" smartware.consulting@gmail.com smartware_consulting
> Date: Sat May 16, 2009 11:07 pm ((PDT))
>
> Your file should start with your first JavaScript line - i.e. the "function"
> line, and end with the last }.
>
> You should not have a <script> tag in it.
>
> Additionally, <!-- is how you would introduce a comment. I.e. you've
> commented-out all of your script.

Actually, no you haven't. :)

Put the following in a .js file

var msg = 'Hello!';

<!--
msg = 'Good-bye!';
-->

alert msg;

FF2 (on Linux) and Konqeror pop up a dialogue box with the message
"Good-bye!".

Opera (Linux) and MSIE fail with a syntax error.

cheers

jon.

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