A function of that nature can be called at any time, anywhere. jQuery (a library built on Javascript) has built in functions that generally required the DOM to be fully rendered before being called.

Mar 3, 2015 · 508 It's all about variable scoping. Variables declared in the self executing function are, by default, only available to code within the self executing function. This allows code to be written without concern of how variables are named in other blocks of JavaScript code. For example, as mentioned in a comment by Alexander:

Nov 25, 2014 · I have seen the use of %>% (percent greater than percent) function in some packages like dplyr and rvest. What does it mean? Is it a way to write closure blocks in R?

Mar 8, 2012 · 12 The function* type looks like it acts as a generator function for processes that can be iterated. C# has a feature like this using "yield return" see 1 and see 2 Essentially this returns each value one by one to whatever is iterating this function, which is why their use case shows it in a foreach style loop.

Dec 29, 2023 · The identifier __func__ is implicitly declared by the translator as if, immediately following the opening brace of each function definition, the declaration static const char __func__[] = "function-name"; appeared, where function-name is the name of the lexically-enclosing function. This name is the unadorned name of the function.

IIFE (Immediately invoked function expression) is a function which executes as soon as the script loads and goes away. Consider the function below written in a file named iife.js

Dec 30, 2015 · Is there a way in Javascript to define a function and immediately call it, in a way that allows it to be reused? I know you can do one-off anonymous functions: (function(i) { var product = i...

May 15, 2015 · For the meaning of the operator %>% you might want to consider this question: What does %>% function mean in R? Note that the same operator would also work with the library dplyr, as it imports from magrittr.

Oct 9, 2012 · Can I declare default parameter like function myFunc( a, b=0) { // b is my optional parameter } in JavaScript?

May 14, 2010 · I am trying to return 2 values from a Java method but I get these errors. Here is my code: // Method code public static int something(){ int number1 = 1; int number2 = 2; return numbe...