Beware of using "class" variable in I.E. -- WEB400

Subject: Beware of using "class" variable in I.E.
From: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:12:50 -0800 (PST)
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Hopefully this message will save somebody some time debugging their JavaScript. I innocuously used the name "class" as a variable name, and had a bugger of a time finding the bug in I.E. It's okay in Chrome and Firefox, but not in I.E. or Safari. For example:

<html>
<body>
</body>
<script>
var class = 'Algebra II';
alert('class = ' + class);
</script>
</html>

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