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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: simple error
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:32:01 +0100
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Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

> 2014-12-28, 19:25, Lahn wrote:
>> Haris Bogdanovich wrote:
>>> <td onclick='this.innerHTML = 'X';'>--</td>
>>>
>>> Why it won't change to X when I click on it ?
>>
>> Possibility: Assuming error correction, the resulting script code is
>>
>>    this.innerHTML = X;
>>
>> and the identifier “X” is not defined.  (See the error console.  See the
>> FAQ for details on debugging.)
> 
> Apparently Lahn did not bother actually looking at the error console.

Apparently you have no idea that observations in one browser version means 
nothing for all others, browsers and versions.  Hence there is no certainty, 
only “possibility”.

> Should we bother looking at this “FAQ”, which he calls “the FAQ”?

You should bother looking at it.

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