February 20, 2000 - A Name Tracker

February 20, 2000 A Name Tracker Tips: February 2000 Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D. Doc JavaScript

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// 365 days in a year
// 24 hours in a day
// 60 minutes in an hour
// 60 seconds in a minute
// 1000 milliseconds in a second
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var username = getCookie("username");
// if the cookie was not found, ask for the name
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  username = prompt("Please enter your name:", "");
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  document.write("Welcome to this page, " + username + ".");
  setCookie("username", username, now);
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  document.write("You refused to enter your name.");
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