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Asked: 2026-05-11T12:58:50+00:00

I have a cookie that I did using javascript and to check if it

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I have a cookie that I did using javascript and to check if it had to be replaced I used ‘onload=checkCookie()’ in the body tag of the HTML, however now I’m trying to place the js in another file and just link it using the tag, but if I do that I can no longer call this function using just ‘onload’ so I was wondering how can I do this? everybody else I’ve asked tells me to leave the code there, but I want to separate my design in layers =S

here’s the js:

function getCookie(c_name){     if (document.cookie.length>0){         c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + '=');         if (c_start!=-1){              c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1;              c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(';',c_start);             if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length;             return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));         }      }     return ''; }  function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays){     var exdate=new Date();     exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);     document.cookie=c_name+ '=' +escape(value)+     ((expiredays==null) ? '' : ';expires='+exdate.toGMTString()); }  function checkCookie(){     username=getCookie('username');     if(username!=null && username!=''){         alert('Welcome again '+username+'!');     }else{         username=prompt('Please enter your name:','');         if(username!=null && username!=''){             setCookie('username',username,365);         }     } }

Everything is inside a file called init.js

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  1. Getting the script in a separate file is a good thing. Add the onload function to the script-

    window.onload=checkCookie; //(no parenthesis) and take it out of the html.

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