[SOLVED] treat var as a function

[jaymc]

Dont as why, but I need this to work

 

function beans() {
alert('hello');
}

var do_function = beans
do_function();

 

 

In essance do_function() is really beans();

so I could execute the beans() function using either of the below

 

do_function();

beans();

 

This doesnt work, maybe i am missing something, how can i achieve this?

 

 

 

[hansford]

function beans() {

alert('hello');

}

var beans = do_function();

[jaymc]

function beans() {

alert('hello');

}

var beans = do_function();

Huh?

 

So how do I execute beans() / do_function?

 

try and use my first example as thats exactly how I must use it

[DarkWater]

Pretty sure that doesn't work in JS.  I know it works in PHP...

 

 

function foo() {

echo "Bar.";

}

$foobar = 'foo';

$foobar();

[hansford]

function beans() {

alert('hello');

do_function();

}

 

function do_function() {

 

alert('hello there')

}

 

beans();

----------------------------OR

function do_function() {

alert('hello');

}

var beans = do_function;

 

beans();