jslint « Var « Javascript Data Type Q&A

1. What is the reason behind JSLint saying there are "too many var statements"    stackoverflow.com

JSLint (with the onevar flag turned on) is flagging some javascript code that I have with the following:

Problem at line 5 character 15: Too many var statements.

2. What's wrong with var x = new Array();    stackoverflow.com

In JSLint, it warns that

var x = new Array();

var result = [];

3. JSLint: "Use the array literal notation []" for var os_map = {}    stackoverflow.com

I don't understand why I get the error message when I run JSLint with a JavaScript file. I get the message var os_map = {}; Problem at line 28 character 36: Use ...

4. JSLint error: Move all 'var' declarations to the top of the function    stackoverflow.com

JSLint site updated, and I cannot check JS scripts anymore. For me, this warning is not critical, and I don't want to go through thousands of lines to fix this, I ...

5. JSLint error: Combine this with the previous 'var' statement.    sitepoint.com

HTML Code: /*global $ global document global Modernizr global jQuery global $ */ // Declare variables at the beginning of the script var $menuAction, $columnOne, $columnTwo, $columnThree; $(document).ready(function () { // Equal height columns for the front page var $columnOne = $('#content-left').innerHeight(); var $columnTwo = $('#content-right').innerHeight(); var $columnThree = $('#right-column').innerHeight(); // Works out what of the three is the biggest height ...