Is there a way to call an event handler function to another event handler in Meteor?

Question

I have these event handlers for my template:

Template.addPlayerForm.events({
    'submit form': function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        var playerName = e.target.playerName.value;
        var playerScore = e.target.playerScore.value;
        if (playerName !== "" && playerScore !== "") {
            Meteor.call('createPlayer',playerName,playerScore);
        e.target.playerName.value = '';
        e.target.playerScore.value = '';
    }
},
    'keypress .addScore': function(e) {
        if (e.which >= 48 && e.which <= 57) {
        return e.charCode;
    }
    else if (e.which === 13 || e.keycode === 13) {
        e.preventDefault();
        var playerName = e.target.playerName.value;
        var playerScore = e.target.playerScore.value;
        if (playerName !== "" && playerScore !== "") {
            Meteor.call('createPlayer',playerName,playerScore);
        e.target.playerName.value = '';
        e.target.playerScore.value = '';
    }
}
})

As you can see, the 'submit form' and the 'keypress .addScore' both have almost similar functions (ie adding a new collection to the database). My question is, is there a way that I can make a single function that can be passed to both event handlers? I am new to Meteor and I am just practicing the online tutorial I saw, hoping to modify it as I see fit. Thanks for the help! :D

Answer 1

You can create a function and call it inside the events

Template.addPlayerForm.events({
    'submit form': function(e) {
        funcName(e)
    },
    'keypress .addScore': function(e) {
        if (e.which >= 48 && e.which <= 57) {
            return e.charCode;
        }
        else if (e.which === 13 || e.keycode === 13) {
            funcName(e)
        }
    }
})


funcName = function(e){
    e.preventDefault();
    var playerName = e.target.playerName.value;
    var playerScore = e.target.playerScore.value;
    if (playerName !== "" && playerScore !== "") {
        Meteor.call('createPlayer',playerName,playerScore);
        e.target.playerName.value = '';
        e.target.playerScore.value = '';
    }
}