[Question]: getRootElement

[Skraund]

Hello, getRootElement - this is the same as root?

[Patrick]

Yes.

[Dimos7]

Yes 

[IIYAMA]

No.no.no

• getRootElement is a function.
• root is a predefined variable that contains the root element.

 

When you execute getRootElement it will return the value: root element:

getRootElement == root -- false

-- call the getRootElement function
getRootElement() == root -- true

 

 

So yes, in the end it doesn't matter which one you use. Except that with getRootElement you have to make one function call more before you have access to the value.(performance)

 

Edited April 10, 2018 by IIYAMA