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Babiker
Babiker

Reputation: 18798

How to pass parameters to a function being passed as an argument of addEventListener or being assigned to an event handler?

What is the correct and professional way to add parameters to a function being passed to addEventListener() or or being directly assigned to an event handlers as in el.onclick = doSomething(param);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 186

Answers (1)

Nick Craver
Nick Craver

Reputation: 630339

You can use an anonymous function when you need to pass parameters to another, like this:

el.addEventListener("click", function() { doSomething(param); }, false);

Whereas if it didn't need parameters, it would just be: 

el.addEventListener("click", doSomething, false);

Upvotes: 2

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