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this.name returns undefined in javascript

I am trying to remotely create an onclick for each <div> (to save typing time). Here is the window.onload() function: The name of every <div> is “flyingsheep” – this value was set by <div name=”flyingsheep”>. When I click the <div>, the iframe “game&…

String length in bytes in JavaScript

In my JavaScript code I need to compose a message to server in this format: Example: The data may contain unicode characters. I need to send them as UTF-8. I’m looking for the most cross-browser way to calculate the length of the string in bytes in JavaScript. I’ve tried this to compose my payload…

Convert string to datetime

How to convert string like ’01-01-1970 00:03:44′ to datetime? Answer For this format (assuming datepart has the format dd-mm-yyyy) in plain javascript use dateString2Date. It may bite you, because of browser compatibility problems. tryParseDateFromString is ES6 utility method to parse a date strin…