Description

Establishes the default object for a statement.

Syntax

with ( object )
   statement

The with statement syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
object	The new default object.
statement	The statement for which object is the default object. Can be a compound statement.

Remarks

The with statement is commonly used to shorten the amount of code that you have to write in certain situations. For example:

x = Math.cos(3 * Math.PI) + Math.sin(Math.LN10)  // Notice how often Math. is used.
y = Math.tan(14 * Math.E)

becomes:

with (Math)
{
  x = cos(3 * PI) + sin (LN10)  // Much shorter, easier to read code.
  y = tan(14 * E)
}

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