In JavaScript, trying to reload the page when a condition is met

Question

I am making a game in JavaScript and when the user wins/loses I am prompted them if they would like to play again.

Instead of reseting all the vars, is there a way to just reload the page?

Yes, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5294842/refresh-a-page-using-javascript-or-html. — Zak, Oct 19 '16 at 13:43
For better usability i prefer to reset your form (if exists and possible) `document.getElementById("myForm").reset();` instead of reloading a page — pleinx, Oct 19 '16 at 13:45
So with the function of reload is there anyway to keep some vars the same? — Justin Besteman, Oct 19 '16 at 13:49

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 19 '16 at 13:43

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location.reload(); reloads the current document.

answered Oct 19 '16 at 13:43

selami

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 19 '16 at 13:43

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Sure, use reload:

location.reload();

You can also load other documents with the replace method:

location.replace("/other_page.html")

answered Oct 19 '16 at 13:43

Uriel

So with the function of reload is there anyway to keep some vars the same? – Justin Besteman Oct 19 '16 at 13:47
@JustinBesteman Yes, use GET when reloading the page (use`replace` to the same page with the variables in the URL as GET variables), and load them back (if they exist) when loading up using this https://css-tricks.com/snippets/javascript/get-url-variables/ . URL with GET looks like `you.url.(or.localhost)?var1=value1&var2=value2&...varn=valuen` – Uriel Oct 19 '16 at 13:52
Can you go into more detail with this? – Justin Besteman Oct 19 '16 at 14:02
Reload using `replace("?score_u1=" + score_u1 + "&score_u2=" + score_u2)` and so on. Then, on the beginning of your code, check if `score_u1` is in the GET variables (using the code from the link above). If it is, load the given value (parse as int the string provided) and use it. – Uriel Oct 19 '16 at 14:06

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 19 '16 at 13:44

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Here you go:

window.location.reload();

answered Oct 19 '16 at 13:44

gschambial

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 19 '16 at 14:20

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You can use window.location.reload().

It works like refresh button

answered Oct 19 '16 at 14:20

travis_91

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