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according to <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/328kyd6z(v=vs.94).aspx" rel="ugc">here</a> the value with the parenthesis is required. <br />
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this doesn't seem to be valid JS
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according to here [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/328kyd6z(v=vs.94).aspx] the value with the parenthesis is required.

this doesn't seem to be valid JS

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I've seen hasOwnProperty used as:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28294169-1">if(elem[x].hasOwnProperty){

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}</code></pre>
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I was wondering how this worked and what this if statement was checking since I thought &quot;hasOwnProperty&quot; needed to be followed by a variable inside parantheses. &nbsp;<br />
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Thanks in advance
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I've seen hasOwnProperty used as:

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I was wondering how this worked and what this if statement was checking since I thought "hasOwnProperty" needed to be followed by a variable inside parantheses.  

Thanks in advance

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