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Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?

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Subject	Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?
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On 9/16/2014 4:02 PM, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>
> Consider a JavaScript:
>
>      var blah;
>      blah;
>
> So what does the Java's
>
>      Object ScriptEngine::eval(String script) return now?
>
> blah is not null? Is it not undefined either? Java has no "undefined"
> Object type.
>
> What will happen, what will be returned?

     null

     (Obtained by a five-minute experiment.  "Five" because I have no
acquaintance with the scripting framework and had to read some doc;
a better-versed person could have obtained the answer more quickly.)

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Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-16 23:02 +0300
  Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-16 18:20 -0400
    (was: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-17 08:24 +0200
      Re: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-09-17 09:48 +0100
        Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-17 08:32 -0400
          Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 20:08 +0300
      Re: (was: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 19:56 +0300
        Re: (was: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-09-17 19:35 +0200
    Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 19:58 +0300
    Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-09-17 18:41 +0100
      Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-09-17 13:57 -0400
        Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 21:12 +0300
        Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 21:14 +0300
      Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what? Donkey Hottie <donkey@fredriksson.dy.fi> - 2014-09-17 21:17 +0300

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