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[Maccabee]

My teacher showed me, but I forgot and cant find what it is called or how to solve it.

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function get_name(name)
{
    // test to make sure it is a string that isn't empty
    // test to make sure that it is at least 3 characters long
    // test to make sure that it is either Paul, John or Bob and no one else
    alert("Hi " + name);
}

How can I tell it what name is? and it would be mice if someone could tell me how to tell it the name too. Something like:

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var name = prompt("What is your name?","");

This is javascript btw. Not php. I keep getting confused too...

I have watched all the lynda.com javascript tutorials and all the w3schools.com javascript tutorials and for some reason I cant solve this. Thanks.

[Maccabee]

ugh... but I thought that wasnt neccessary when you are using a external js file. I guess I have much t learn.

It works now.

So my next question is, how can I do the equivalent of

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<?php
$name = "Joseph";
?>

<?php
echo "My name is $name.";

?>

Which will give the outcome:

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My name is Joseph.

How can I do the same thing in Javascript?