On Feb 23, 11:13 am, jameslove <[email protected]> wrote:
> It doesn't work if I pull out the function since the function relies
> on the map being defined which is in the load function. Can I define
> the map prior to the load?

Yes. You can define the map _variable_ in the global context
var map;

then inside the load function, initialize it
map = ...

  -- Larry

>
> On Feb 23, 9:24 am, Andrew Leach <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> > On Feb 23, 5:06 pm, jameslove <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > I get a "labelclick is not defined" error on this map. I thought the
> > > issue might be that I need to move the function labelclick out of the
> > > onload, but then I get undefines on "map".
>
> > Yes: if you want to run a function from something like a click event,
> > the function must be in global scope. If it's inside another function,
> > then it only exists while that containing function is being executed.
>
> > There's usually no reason for nested functions; generally functions
> > can usefully *all* be global. Of course, there are always specific
> > instances where nesting functions is the right thing to do, but they
> > are rare.
>
> > labelclick needs to be global. If you explicitly define as global the
> > variables you want to be available to each function (like map and the
> > MarkerManager variables) it might work.
>
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