JavaScript event handler question

[envo]

I have an event listener that fires this (after attaching it using attachEvent or addEventListener):

var handleResponse = function (e) {        
        if (e.data == "ready") {
            //some stuff here 
        }
    }

How can I get the handleResponse to accept another variable?

Something like

var handleResponse = function (e,stringhere) {        
        if (e.data == "ready") {
            //some stuff here 
        }
    }

I get an error obviously

var eventMethod = window.addEventListener ? "addEventListener" : "attachEvent"; //Cross-browser Functionality
        var eventer = window[eventMethod];
        var messageEvent = eventMethod == "attachEvent" ? "onmessage" : "message"; //Cross-browser Functionality

[b]        eventer(messageEvent, handleResponse(e,'string'), false);[/b]

I basically want to send through the string while still handling the event (e.data etc). The highlighted doesn't work

Any insights?

 

[semaphore]

Send the parameter as an array to the function instead of a single string

i.e.

var data = { 'event': 'click', 'data': '12345' }

var handler = function ( data) {
  return function ( event ) { 

  };
};

addEventListener( "clicky", handler ( data ) );

 

[envo]

I will try that, thanks for the suggestion