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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>JavaScript Patterns</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<script>
/* Title: Access to the Global Object
   Description: access the global object without hard-coding the identifier window
*/

// access to the Global Object
// this should work in ES3, ES5 and ES5-strict.
var global = (function () {
   return this || (1,eval)('this');
}());

// reference
// http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/the-essentials-of-writing-high-quality-javascript/
</script>
</body>
</html>