It's a Code

I wanted to post a section of the javascript that I mentioned in the last post because I found it very beautiful and strangely inspiring, almost like 'automatic writing' -- as I mentioned. Of course, if you have never coded this may leave you quite cold:

//Close to an 'end': If timeleft is less than elapsed time

//from last function call

if(ids_sub[k][m+2][7] <= elapsedTicks) {

//These redundant calls are for IE...and everybody else------

//depending on fadestate, opacity set to max or min

element.style.opacity = ids_sub[k][m+2][6] == 1 ?

ids_sub[k][m+2][4]/100 : ids_sub[k][m+2][3]/100;

element.style.filter =

'alpha(opacity = ' + (ids_sub[k][m+2][6] == 1 ?

ids_sub[k][m+2][4] : ids_sub[k][m+2][3]) + ')';

//------------------------------------------------------------

//Flip fade from transp. to opaque, or versa

ids_sub[k][m+2][6] = ids_sub[k][m+2][6] == 1 ? -1 : 1;

//Depending on FadeState, TimeLeft is assigned

//opaque or transparent TimeToFade

ids_sub[k][m+2][7] = ids_sub[k][m+2][6] == 1 ?

ids_sub[k][m+2][1] : ids_sub[k][m+2][2];

//This block is the main animation of the opacity,

//incrementing time left

} else {

//time left incremented down

ids_sub[k][m+2][7] -= elapsedTicks;

if(ids_sub[k][m+2][6] == 1) {

//Timeleft divided by TimeToFade multiplied by difference

//between opacity max, min

var newOpVal = (ids_sub[k][m+2][7]/ids_sub[k][m+2][1])*

((ids_sub[k][m+2][4]-ids_sub[k][m+2][3])/100);

//offset from max. opacity

newOpVal = (ids_sub[k][m+2][4]/100) - newOpVal;

} else {

var newOpVal = (ids_sub[k][m+2][7]/ids_sub[k][m+2][2])*

((ids_sub[k][m+2][4]-ids_sub[k][m+2][3])/100);

//offset by minimum opacity

newOpVal = (ids_sub[k][m+2][3]/100) + newOpVal;

}

//These redundant calls are for IE...and everybody else----------

element.style.opacity = newOpVal;

element.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = ' + (newOpVal*100) + ')';

//---------------------------------------------------------------

} //end if then else

For those of you who could possibly get something from this: all the abstract array entries are substitutes for functions that used to use word-like names, but which I wanted to store abstractly so I could just modify a template literal array for each comic page and therefore be able to compose each animation as a small series of parameters (combined with some url's for graphic content of course).

Note: for those of you appalled by the indenting...I had to compress it for the blog formatting, it really is a LOT more clear in the original...had to be or I wouldn't understand it one hour after I wrote it!