Question

I have a quite inconvenient problem.

Say that I have the following functions

function name(namearg){
...
..
}

function handlefailed(){
..
..
}
function handlecover(){
..
..
}

Now to my problem, I have alot of hard coded html that can’t be changed that is calling both functions like this

<a href="javascript:handlecover();javascript:name('MSS')">Link</a>
<a href="javascript:handlefailed();javascript:name('GPS')">Link</a>
<a href="javascript:handlefailed();javascript:name('NPS')">Link</a>

The problem is the order of which I’m calling the functions, I first want to see which function that is called, either handlefailed() or handlecover(), and then want to know what name that is sent to the name function.

If I would have called the functions in the other way around I would just have done

var theName;

function name(namearg){
  theName = namearg
}

function handlefailed(){
callOtherfunctionInAnotherJavascript(getElements(theName + ".failed"));
}
function handlecover(){
callOtherfunctionInAnotherJavascript(getElements(theName + ".cover"));
}

But now this is not possible since I’m calling the name function after the first function.
Is there a way in javascript that “changes” the order of how the functions are evaluated, or do you guys have a clever sollution to my problem, I.E getting the value of the namearg variable and use it in the handlefailed() & handlecover() functions?

Answer 1

var postFix;
function name(namearg){
    callOtherfunctionInAnotherJavascript(getElements(namearg + postFix));    
}
function handlefailed(){ postFix = '.failed'; }      
function handlecover(){ postFix = '.cover'; }