| 00:33:38 | bbeattie | yup |
| 01:57:15 | LrnChndlr | any javascript guru's here? |
| 01:58:21 | Jayce^ | not exactly a guru or anything.. |
| 02:00:38 | Jayce^ | what's the question? |
| 02:01:56 | LrnChndlr | about passing variables to a function |
| 02:02:11 | Jayce^ | howto? or why is something not working? |
| 02:02:27 | LrnChndlr | doesnt seem to be |
| 02:02:36 | LrnChndlr | problem is, the function I am calling is not mine |
| 02:02:51 | LrnChndlr | trying to integrate with a ROI management system |
| 02:03:17 | LrnChndlr | their function has to be in the page, but it need to be passed a dollar amount of a sale |
| 02:04:13 | LrnChndlr | unfortunately i cant get the dollar amount down there, so I am trying to set the amount in a variable in the HEAD and then pass that var to the function later in the body |
| 02:04:18 | Jayce^ | code example? |
| 02:04:24 | LrnChndlr | but it doesn't seem to be working |
| 02:04:42 | LrnChndlr | TrackEvent('Sale', 1); |
| 02:04:45 | LrnChndlr | this works |
| 02:04:53 | LrnChndlr | passing a number |
| 02:05:05 | LrnChndlr | TrackEvent('Sale', MyVariable); |
| 02:05:10 | LrnChndlr | this doesn't appear to work |
| 02:05:27 | Jayce^ | maybe it's being cast incorrectly? |
| 02:05:59 | LrnChndlr | i wasn't aware a javascript variable had to be cast, i am just defining it as: |
| 02:06:20 | LrnChndlr | var MyVariable = 12.34; |
| 02:06:25 | LrnChndlr | (for example) |
| 02:07:35 | Jayce^ | oh yeah.. wasn't thinking javascript there for a second.. switching languages on the fly :D |
| 02:08:48 | LrnChndlr | the function documentation says it will accept an integer or a float with two decimal places |
| 02:09:13 | LrnChndlr | but is there some way I have to indicate when I am calling the function that what I am passing is a variable? |
| 02:09:28 | Jayce^ | shouldn't matter.. |
| 02:09:45 | LrnChndlr | shouldn't ;) |
| 02:10:43 | LrnChndlr | ok, here's another approach |
| 02:11:58 | LrnChndlr | if I output the beginningof the page first, then output my body tags, I can then put the javascript in at the top of the document and actually put the real amount in the function call |
| 02:12:26 | LrnChndlr | however, then the application I am integrating with will output it's own body tag |
| 02:12:49 | LrnChndlr | will the javascript be ignored ifit is not after the second body tag? |
| 02:13:30 | Jayce^ | hrmm. depends on the browsers 'optimizations' and correctness.. |
| 02:13:31 | Jayce^ | iffy |
| 02:14:12 | LrnChndlr | yikes |
| 02:17:35 | LrnChndlr | hmmm |
| 02:17:46 | LrnChndlr | ok, my var setup looks like this: |
| 02:18:04 | LrnChndlr | var MyVariable = "12.34"; |
| 02:18:17 | LrnChndlr | should it just be: |
| 02:18:31 | LrnChndlr | var MyVariable = 12.34; ? |
| 02:18:48 | LrnChndlr | maybe it is assuming that it is text, not a float |
| 02:19:14 | LrnChndlr | shouldn't matter, but maybe? |
| 02:20:40 | Jayce^ | no quotes, that should be stringifying it.. |
| 02:21:00 | Jayce^ | in most languages "12.34" ne 12.34; |
| 02:23:50 | LrnChndlr | hmmm, i guess i am too used to perl, because i think perl will change the data type for you if possible |
| 02:23:59 | Jayce^ | yup... |
| 02:24:05 | Jayce^ | perl makes it easy for you :D |
| 02:24:16 | Jayce^ | was just reading about how it does that the other day.. very interesting.. |
| 02:24:26 | LrnChndlr | i am outputting this stuff from perl, so it's easy to get confused, i guess |
| 02:24:33 | Jayce^ | the internal c structs of scalars.. and how it does the conversion.. |
| 02:26:10 | LrnChndlr | the annoying this is this stupid ROI system only updates every hour, so it will be a while before I know if anything works |
| 02:26:31 | Jayce^ | ouch.. no way to push it out? |
| 02:27:28 | LrnChndlr | not that i can see |
| 02:27:48 | LrnChndlr | i dont have access to the backend, just a stinking web interface |
| 02:28:02 | Jayce^ | ugh.. this for work? side project? |
| 02:30:14 | LrnChndlr | consulting side project |
| 02:30:27 | LrnChndlr | was supposed to be simple, but these minor setbacks are becomming a headache |
| 02:49:54 | LrnChndlr | is undernet dead? |
| 03:03:24 | Jayce^ | dunno |
| 13:25:28 | bonez39 | hello.... |
| 13:59:27 | bonez39 | anyone here? |