function moveElement()函数

Question

function moveElement(elementID,final_x,final_y,interval) {
if (!document.getElementById) return false;
if (!document.getElementById(elementID)) return false;
var elem = document.getElementById(elementID);
if (elem.movement) {
clearTimeout(elem.movement);
}
if (!elem.style.left) {
elem.style.left = "0px";
}
if (!elem.style.top) {
elem.style.top = "0px";
}
var xpos = parseInt(elem.style.left);
var ypos = parseInt(elem.style.top);
var dist = 0;
if (xpos == final_x && ypos == final_y) {
return true;
}
if (xpos < final_x) {
var dist = Math.ceil((final_x - xpos)/10);
xpos = xpos + dist;
}
if (xpos > final_x) {
var dist = Math.ceil((xpos - final_x)/10);
xpos = xpos - dist;
}
if (ypos < final_y) {
var dist = Math.ceil((final_y - ypos)/10);
ypos = ypos + dist;
}
if (ypos > final_y) {
var dist = Math.ceil((ypos - final_y)/10);
ypos = ypos - dist;
}
elem.style.left = xpos + "px";
elem.style.top = ypos + "px";
var repeat = "moveElement('"+elementID+"',"+final_x+","+final_y+","+interval+")";
elem.movement = setTimeout(repeat,interval);
}
在此函数中，为什么声明变量 var dist = 0; 初学JavaScript，此处不理解，请各位老师指教，谢谢！

Answer 1

一般初始化是为了要进行数型运算，习惯性设为零，不初始化也没什么关系的。