How does inline Javascript (in HTML) work?

Question

I know this is bad practice. Don\'t write code like this if at all possible.

Of course, we\'ll always find ourselves in situations where a clever snippet of inline

Answer 1

You've got it nearly correct, but you haven't accounted for the this value supplied to the inline code.

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is actually closer to:

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Inline event handlers set this equal to the target of the event. You can also use anonymous function in inline script

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