document.write Shortcut

[Bignewbie]

Hi guys,

I know i have read this somewhere but i cant find the book or a site that states this:

in ASP the shortcut for response.write is: <%=%>

what is the shortcut for document.write in Javascript?

kinda easy but i havent found my book, im hoping u guys know....


thanks!


biggie

 

[starway]

If I got you right, you want to insert document.write statement into html code. You have to do it like this:
. . .
<script>document.write('...')</script>
. . .

Use proper terminology because others can be confused by what you say. There are no any 'shortcuts' here.

 

[Bignewbie]

I said shortcut 'coz that;s exactly what i am looking for!

you are right, what i want to do is something like so:

. . .
<script>document.write('...')</script>
. . .


but i once found in a book that gives a shortcut for document.write which if i remember if correctly looks like this:

. . .
<?=document.write('...')?>
. . .

Unfortunately, im not sure if this is the correct syntax! that's why im asking ppl here if they know . . .


biggie

 

[starway]

These:
<? and ?>
are starting and ending tags for PHP scripts.
There are no such things for javascript.

 

[Bignewbie]

hey,

I know that! that's why i need clarification!

never mind, I'll find it myself!

thanks for &quot;trying&quot; anyway!


biggie

 

[trollacious]

Like starway said, there IS no shortcut for document.write(). I wrote me own using:

function wr(onestring)
{
document.write(onestring);
}

but that has to be included on every page where you use the shortcut.

 

[RichardEdwards]

I went one better than that... I defined a

.write()

method on the

String.prototype

object. You can see it at

http://www.uuclb.org/Calendar.html

(you'll find my navigable calendar component there too!).

Function writeFn(doc)
{
  if(!doc)doc=document;
  doc.write(this);
  return (this);
}
String.prototype.write=writeFn;

Once defined (externally in dynamicHTML3.js), writing strings is as easy as adding

.write()

onto 'em!

"Hello World".write();[\code]

For that matter, I defined [code].alert()

and

.status()

similarly:

function alertFn(win)
{
  if(!win)win=window;
  win.alert(this);
  return (this);
}
String.protocol.alert=alertFn;

function statusFn(win)
{
  if(!win)win=window;
  win.status=this;
  return (this);
}
String.protocol.alert=alertFn;

Try this on for size...

"Hello World!".alert().status().write();

First, it pops up an alert. Then after it is dismissed, the status bar message displays and finally the page text is written.

Cool, huh? :

You may go to

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/redwards/Calendar.html

to view my latest improvements to a fully-navigable cross-browser calendar component. If you decide to use my dynamicHTML3.js library (just File|Save As from the angelfire page), please credit me somewhere and feel free to email me any questions or comments.

mailto:richard.renfrow@juno.com

 

[onpnt]

RichardEdwards, you have too much time on your hands kidding, that's is pretty cool!

Bignewbie, chill out man, getting frustrated is not the way to go. No offense but the question got real fuzzy when you pulled the php tags out as a example. You cannot mandate productivity, you must provide the tools to let people become their best.
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