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Dynamically added script will not execute

I am dynamically adding a script of a github gist. If I added it to the html before the page loads, the script will execute. But If I try to add it to the page after it loads it adds the script to the page but doesn’t execute it. Here is how I am adding it to the page Html

Pass variables by reference in JavaScript

How do I pass variables by reference in JavaScript? I have three variables that I want to perform several operations to, so I want to put them in a for loop and perform the operations to each one. Pseudocode: What is the best way to do this? Answer There is no “pass by reference” available in Java…

load scripts asynchronously

I am using several plugins, custom widgets and some other libraries from JQuery. as a result I have several .js and .css files. I need to create a loader for my site because it takes some time to load. it will be nice if I can display the loader before importing all the: I have found several tutorials that en…

Keep only first n characters in a string?

Is there a way in JavaScript to remove the end of a string? I need to only keep the first 8 characters of a string and remove the rest. Answer You are looking for JavaScript’s String method substring e.g. Which returns the string starting at the first character and finishing before the 9th character &#8…

Split the sentences by ‘,’ and remove surrounding spaces

I have this code: Looks like the whole string has been matched, but where has “b” gone? I would rather expect to get: so that I can do m.shift() with a result like s.split(‘,’) but also with whitespaces removed. Do I have a mistake in the regexp or do I misunderstand String.prototype.m…

Add 10 seconds to a Date

How can I add 10 seconds to a JavaScript date object? Something like this: Answer There’s a setSeconds method as well: For a list of the other Date functions, you should check out MDN setSeconds will correctly handle wrap-around cases: