(function () {
if (some scripts loaded) {
otherFunction();
} else {
window.setTimeout( "CALL_SELF_AGAIN_HERE" , 100);
}
})();
How to call anonymous function from within anonymous function ?
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2 Answers
Give it an identifier:
(function named () {
if (some scripts loaded) {
otherFunction();
} else {
window.setTimeout( named , 100);
}
})();
This is what's known as a "named function expression". The identifier is only in scope inside the function it refers to.
Don't use arguments.callee since it's deprecated and will actually throw a syntax error in strict mode.
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Jan Hančič
It's only "visible" inside that closure.
If you want to avoid creating any new top level function names, you can put your code in a local function that gives you a function name to both execute initially and to pass to setTimeout():
(function () {
function doit() {
if (some scripts loaded) {
otherFunction();
} else {
window.setTimeout(doit, 100);
}
}
// execute the first time
doit();
})();
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DhruvPathak
Accepted @James Allardice's answer as it was simpler, and respecting the scope as well.