Question

I need to use:

var obj=document.getElementsByClassName[n];
setInterval("somefunc("+obj+");",10);

When I’m trying to run this code, I get “Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier”. I know about this problem with setTimeout("alert("+str+");), when I should use .toString(), but what if I need to pass an object in function?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Yes you can but like this:

setInterval(function(){
   somefunc(obj);
},10);

So here is how your code should be:

var obj = document.getElementsByClassName(n);
setInterval(function(){
   somefunc(obj);
},10);

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You had these problems with your previous code:

• You were calling your function immediately by passing param eg someFun(obj)
• You were using eval() function behind the scenes by wrapping your code in quotes.