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Difference between Javascript function declarations

What is the difference between the following two examples?

setInterval(myFunc, 100);

function myFunc() { alert('asdf'); }

setInterval(myFunc, 100);

var myFunc = function myFunc() { alert('asdf'); }

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I just tested it (in firefox) and the second example is a function mechanism of declaring a function. It seems to be declaring the function myFunc and then assigning a reference to that to the variable myFunc. But this is executing in line, whereas the first example declares the function before linear code execution begins.

Tremmors
– Tremmors

2011-06-23 02:21:17 +00:00
Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 2:21

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