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On 5/9/11 7:31 AM, Mark McDonnell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the following code...
>
> function findParentElementWhichIs(startingPoint, elem) {
>
> var parent = startingPoint.parentNode,
>
> parentname = parent.nodeName.toLowerCase();
>
>
>
> if (parentname === 'body') {
>
> return false;
>
> }
>
>
>
> if (parentname === elem) {
>
> return parent;
>
> } else {
>
> findParentElementWhichIs(parent, elem);
>
> }
>
> }
>
Is there any reason you're recursing rather than just looping?
function findParentElementWhichIs(start, elemName){
var parent, parentName;
while(parent = start.parentNode){
parentName = parent.nodeName.toLowerCase();
if(parentName == elemName){
return parent;
}
}
return null;
}
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