JS problem with "alert", please lend a hand~

[heero11yuy]

JS problem with "alert", please lend a hand~The following is the code, very simple: status = getstatus(); alert(status); if ( status != "playing"){ ... } else{ ... }When I put the line "alert(status);" into the code, it works & ENTERS into the "if ( status != "playing")" statement, that's what I want...But when I take away the line "alert(status);" from the code, it doesn't work and doesn't enter into the if statement... that means status == "playing" ... getstatus() isn't called? isn't updated? or status isn't written into the correct form for comparing with "playing"? I needa know what alert() does there which creates a bug there... please help~! Urgent

[Webworldx]

Doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that snippet... i've extended it a bit just to show it does work without the alert:

<script>function getstatus(){	return "playing";}var status = getstatus();if ( status != "playing"){	alert('not playing');} else{	alert('is playing');}</script>

Runs fine and displays the correct result.