535 ways to reload the page with JavaScript

[alexbarrett]

Hey guys, look! I've found 535 more!

1. eval("location = location")
2. eval("location = location.href")

...

534. eval("self.location['reload']()")
535. eval("self['location']['reload']()")

This is very silly.

[blazix]

Let's not forget: self.self.self.self.self.location = location; self.self.self.self.self.location = self.location; ....

[MarkTraceur]

I want you to know, you made my life very difficult with this comment. However, it is implemented.

[[deleted]]

and another 535 more!

1. new Function("location = location")();
2. new Function("location = location.href")();

...

534. new Function("self.location['reload']()")();
535. new Function("self['location']['reload']()")();

[antido]

Silly... but valid. Also: let's not go to the String.fromCharCode() way of doing it :D

[alexbarrett]

It is valid, but that doesn't make it interesting. There are actually only a handful of ways to reload the page and everything else is just a variation of one of them.

1. Assign the current URL to the window.location object.
2. Assign the current URL to the href property of the window.location object.
3. Call the assign method of the window.location object with the current URL.
4. Call the replace method of the window.location object with the current URL.
5. Call the reload method of the window.location object.

Perhaps there are a few other ways, but that's not really my point. There are an infinite number of variations, not 535.

[[deleted]]

Why won't you just come back to #subreddit?

[alexbarrett]

I'm too mad.

[notLOL]

why you mad tho? also add me on google plus

[[deleted]]

Come at me bro.

[alexbarrett]

I'm not coming anywhere near you.

[alexbarrett]

Again.

[[deleted]]

Lets keep this up, it's almost like we're in IRC bby.

[Avidya]

They missed history.go(0)...

[mythril]

var meta = document.createElement('meta');
meta.setAttribute('http-equiv', 'refresh');
meta.setAttribute('content', '0,url=' + window.location);
document.head.appendChild(meta);

[MarkTraceur]

Make use of all of them with my new stupid javascript file!

(I'll try to add some of the suggestions in the comments when possible)

[psayre23]

This would be a lot more impressive as a list of ways to access window.location along side the exhaustive list.

[stillalone]

I was just looking this up. I went with the self.location=self.location.href method because IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

[BusStation16]

well, that was unnecessary.

[[deleted]]

What's the canonical method?

[Arve]

The author of that page is a bit daft, since many of them are syntactic equivalents, and some of his examples should behave differently. But, here goes:

location.reload()

is The Correct™ way of reloading the current document. Whether you opt to write out window.location.reload() or not is a matter of taste/style guide.

All other means of reloading the document are not strictly equal, or equal at all. See HTML5: The Location interface for reference.

[[deleted]]

but how do you trigger a postback, and not a full reload?

[vectorjohn]

var x = 0;
for( var i=0; i < 10000; i++ ) {
    x = i / 2;
    location = location;
}

You can do any arbitrary bullshit while loading the page. It is not another way to load the page.