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By Stephen Chapman, About.com Guide to JavaScript

Resolving Script Clashes

Saturday June 27, 2009
When you add multiple JavaScripts to the same page you sometimes have to change the code so that they will work together.

When you add a second JavaScript to a page where you have already have some JavaScript then the two scripts may interfere with one another. This may be caused by the JavaScripts trying to use the same variable for different purposes or more commonly they use the same event handler and one overrides the other. Here's how to resolve these conflicts so that you can get both JavaScripts working correctly.

Resolving Script Clashes
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