Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call?

From	Tuxedo <tuxedo@mailinator.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call?
Date	2012-02-11 20:04 +0100
Organization	albasani.net
Message-ID	<jh6e3o$73s$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink)

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How can a simple string parameter be passed between two functions while 
inside a setInterval call? For example:

function initialFunction(x){
alert(x);
setInterval('repeatingStuff(x)',5000);
}

function repeatingStuff(x){
alert(x);
}
...

<a href="..." onclick="initialFunction('param_x');">stuff</a>

But the error "x is not defined" results from ..Stuff(x) in 
setInterval('repeatingStuff(x)',5000). How can the parameter between the 
two functions be passed within the setInteval bit?

Many thanks,
Tuxedo

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Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Tuxedo <tuxedo@mailinator.com> - 2012-02-11 20:04 +0100
  Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInterval() call? Tuxedo <tuxedo@mailinator.com> - 2012-02-11 20:39 +0100
    Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInterval() call? Dr J R Stockton <reply1206@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-02-12 22:02 +0000
  Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2012-02-11 21:39 +0100
    Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-11 22:06 +0100
      Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2012-02-11 22:33 +0100
        Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-11 23:44 +0100
          Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2012-02-12 03:04 +0100
        Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInterval() call? Tuxedo <tuxedo@mailinator.com> - 2012-02-12 09:22 +0100

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