What are these javascript methods

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Looking through some open source javascript library and I've come across some single character methods a few times:

myVar.c('foo').t('bar');

myVar refers to an XML DOM element. So what are c() and t()? I don't see any reference to such methods in the API: http://www.w3schools.com/dom/dom_element.asp

That depends on the library. Without linking the file where you found them, we hardly can help you. — Bergi, Sep 26 '14 at 15:25
My mistake. Looking into it further I realized that myVar is actually a wrapper class around the XML DOM element, and it has some convenience methods c() and t(). — user1491636, Sep 26 '14 at 21:03

Dalorzo · Answer 1 · 2014-09-26T16:10:43.023

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There is one remote possibility. When javascript is minified single letters are used to reduce function names. Your example above may be a minified version [file].min.js and therefore function names are obfuscated.

edited Sep 26 '14 at 16:10

answered Sep 26 '14 at 15:23

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No, minification rarely changes property names. Only case I know of is with Google's Closure Compiler in Advanced Mode when the annotations and usages allow it. – Sep 26 '14 at 15:28

What are these javascript methods

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