Question

When using

var _gaq = _gaq || [];

within a script tag what would be needed to support this in a closure to add analytics async requests.

i.e.

experiment = (function(){
          var _gaq = _gaq || [];
          _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-X']); 
          _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); 
          var nobody_knows_this_var_is_here = "cant see me";
        });

if _gaq is not already defined will it be able find this array to perform the items pushed on to it once it is ready. since the _gaq var is not public I’m guessing it won’t work. Any workarounds?

Answer 1

You could do something like:

(function (window) {
    var g = window._gaq || (window._gaq = []);
    g.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXX-X']);
    g.push(['_trackPageview']);
})(this);

If executed in the global scope this would do the trick.