This JavaScript code is creating a self-invoking function (an immediately...
This JavaScript code is creating a self-invoking function (an immediately invoked function expression, or IIFE) that does the following:
-
Prompts the user for a key: The
prompt("THE KEY")
displays a dialog box asking the user to input some text. Whatever the user enters is used as a key in thelocalStorage
. -
Prompts the user for a value: The
prompt("THE RECORD")
displays another dialog box asking the user for another input, which will become the value associated with the key from the previous prompt. -
Stores the key-value pair in
localStorage
: The code uses thelocalStorage
object (a browser API that stores data persistently) to save the input data. Specifically:- The key (from the first prompt) is used as the property name in
localStorage
. - The value (from the second prompt) is stored as the value for that property.
- The key (from the first prompt) is used as the property name in
Example:
If the user enters:
"Name"
for the first prompt (THE KEY
)"Alice"
for the second prompt (THE RECORD
)
The code will effectively execute this:
localStorage["Name"] = "Alice";
This stores the value "Alice"
under the key "Name"
in the localStorage
of the browser.
Side Effects:
- Data stored in
localStorage
persists even after refreshing the page or restarting the browser (until explicitly cleared by the user or programmatically). - This is a simplistic implementation without validation or error handling, so invalid or duplicate keys could overwrite existing data.