Troubleshooting

Which scripting language is the best to use?

There are places in any programming language where you can get into trouble if you are not careful. Every language has its pitfalls. Microsoft's JScript is no exception. Declaring variables in JScript is a particularly confusing area for anyone with experience in languages like Java, C, or C++. In JScript, variables can be declared more than once, with more than one value, and values of differing types. For example, var x could be assigned a string value in its first declaration and be re-declared as an integer later within the same script without causing trouble. This aspect of the language can take some getting used to.

Why won't my simplest scripts work?

Proper syntax is always ...

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