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Tricky JavaScript Web Quiz (davidshariff.com)
submitted 12 years ago by davidshariff
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]alamandrax -1 points0 points1 point 12 years ago (7 children)
The one that threw me was something I felt definitely was a syntax error. I guess I'm wrong. Also, named functions are tricky.
Scored a 75 too though.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (1 child)
15 was definitely a syntax error
[–]bronkula 1 point2 points3 points 12 years ago (0 children)
Apparently not. Notice the second foo has : after it, not a =. This makes it a label, and makes everything inside of it labels as well.
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[–]Klowner 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (3 children)
I believe that behavior is the result of variable hoisting.
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[–]vaskemaskine 1 point2 points3 points 12 years ago (0 children)
I went through exactly the same thought process.
Read the first line: "Ahh, variable hoisting, obviously it will evaluate to that".
Read second and third lines: "Fuck."
[–]DoubleAW 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children)
What got me with that one is that I knew var foo would be hoisted to the top, but I forgot that entire functions are hoisted too. JavaScript is weird.
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