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neoswf - 31 Jan 2006 11:58 GMT

hi. i want to shorten getElementById() string at my files.
ive writen this function:
function gebi(el){
document.getElementById(el)
}
and when i try to call an ID, i try to call him like this:
gebi('myID').
but this method doesnt succeed.
can you please assist me to achive that goal?

tnx
NeoSwf

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Evertjan. - 31 Jan 2006 12:11 GMT

neoswf wrote on 31 jan 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:

> hi. i want to shorten getElementById() string at my files.
> ive writen this function:
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> but this method doesnt succeed.
> can you please assist me to achive that goal?

function gebi(el){
return document.getElementById(el);
}

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neoswf - 31 Jan 2006 12:18 GMT

> function gebi(el){
> return document.getElementById(el);
> }

thank you Evertjan.
how can i recive this kind of result:
gebi(el).style.width?
to use this method in different usages like reciving the style object
and etc...

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neoswf - 31 Jan 2006 12:22 GMT

> to use this method in different usages like reciving the style object
> and etc...

thank you Evertjan, its working great!

<script>
alert(gebi('shlomi').style.width);
</script>

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