my js is even worse than my c which is terrible. that in mind could anyone shed some light?


i have an image which has a mouseover event like this:

onmouserover="my_function(this.name);"

and a function something like this:

function my_function(object_name) { ... }

incidentally, or not, this function is in an external .js file

the function does some stuff then sets a timer and reiterates like so:

timer = setTimeout('my_function(object_name)', 10);

but for some reason the object_name is null on the second iteration.

i have also tried this.

timer = setTimeout('my_function(' + object_name + ')', 10);

any one have any idea why this might occur?

Try

     timer = setTimeout('my_function("' + object_name + '")', 10);

The difference? The name is being passed as a string.

I'm also assuming that your first code line is spelled correctly, unlike you've posted here. :-)