How to display content of javascript source file?

Question

How to display content of javascript source file? I have the url of the source file. I just want to display it in a text area and alert box. No matter the size of the file.

<pre>function getFile() {  
  var url = "http://example.com/s/js/file.js";
if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
    //code for IE7+, FF, Chrome, Opera, Safari
    xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else
{
    //code for IE5,IE6
    xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function redraw()
{
    if(xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
    {
        alert(xmlhttp.responseText);
    }
}
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,false);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</pre>

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

$.get("file.js", function(file) {
    $("textarea").val(file);
});

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.get/