Stating variables in the onClick attribute, and using multiple commands in onClick

Question

Alrighty then. Before I get started, I did search for this, I realize there are other threads on this topic, but none of them answered my question well.

So what I am trying to do is when a tag is clicked, it creates a variable inside of the onClick attribute that can be accessed from a function to be used with a case switch.

1) Can variables be created in the onClick attribute?
2) Can multiple commands be executed in the onClick attribute? Like : onClick="alert('Boo!'); afunction();" ?

I apologize for the lack of code, but I am using an apple iPad, and they don't use the tab button or indents, blah blah.. Heres what I tried:

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var item = "null";
function executeFunction(){
    switch(item){
    case "item1":
        document.getElementById("div1").style.display='block';
        document.getElementById("div2").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div3").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div4").style.display='none';
        break;
    case "item1":
        document.getElementById("div1").style.display='block';
        document.getElementById("div2").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div3").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div4").style.display='none';
        break;
    case "item2":
        document.getElementById("div1").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div2").style.display='block';
        document.getElementById("div3").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div4").style.display='none';
        break;
    case "item3":
        document.getElementById("div1").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div2").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div3").style.display=block';
        document.getElementById("div4").style.display='none';
        break;
    case "item4":
        document.getElementById("div1").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div2").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div3").style.display='none';
        document.getElementById("div4").style.display='block';
        break;
    }
}

</script>
<ul>
    <li onClick="item = 'item1'; executeFunction();">Some item</li>
    <li onClick="item = 'item2'; executeFunction();">Some other item</li>
    <li onClick="item = 'item3'; executeFunction();">Some flying reptile</li>
    <li onClick="item = 'item4'; executeFunction();">Some psilocin</li>
</ul>
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Answer 1

OK, first multiple commands can be used, separated by semicolons; However, it is generally not recommended ... you might try creating a master function or a series of them so that only one function has to be mentioned in the HTML code.

Then, you don't need to create the variables ... try this

<li onClick="executeFunction('item1');">Some item</li>

... then, the executeFunction would be like this ...

function executeFunction(item) {
  document.getElementById("div1").style.display='none';
  document.getElementById("div2").style.display='none';
  document.getElementById("div3").style.display='none';
  document.getElementById("div4").style.display='none';

  switch(item){
    case "item1":
      document.getElementById("div1").style.display='block';
      break;
    case "item2":
      document.getElementById("div2").style.display='block';
      break;
    case "item3":
      document.getElementById("div3").style.display='block';
      break;
    case "item4":
      document.getElementById("div4").style.display='block';
      break;
  }
}

Answer 2

做： onClick="var='X'; doThis()"。

Answer 3

用分号分隔 onClick 中的 javascript 命令。

Answer 4

简单地：

 onclick="varname = value"