What happens with a script block with internal and external scripting?

Question

Might already be answered but I couldn't find it easily.

Case 1:

<script type="text/javascript" src='external'>
    'Some script here'
</script>

Case 2:

<script type="text/javascript" src='external'></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    'Some script here'
</script>

So in case 1, does the src lib get loaded first so you can use it in the internal script block? I tried and apparently, it doesn't work. (What I did was store a variable and it didn't work)

If it is supposed to work, is it any different from case 2?

Answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6528325/what-does-a-script-tag-with-src-and-content-mean — sellmeadog, Mar 28 '13 at 20:47

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '13 at 20:47

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In-page script content is ignored when there's a "src" attribute.

answered Mar 28 '13 at 20:47

Pointy

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '13 at 20:47

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Case 1 is incorrect. Case 2 is dependent on if you have synchronous or asynchronous code in your external script.

answered Mar 28 '13 at 20:47

AlienWebguy

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wait really? I thought that the content was just dropped on the floor. Are you talking about the "async" attribute? – Pointy Mar 28 '13 at 20:47
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What? No I'm talking about setTimeouts and order of operations. – AlienWebguy Mar 28 '13 at 20:49
oh durr ... I see :-) – Pointy Mar 28 '13 at 20:52

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 28 '13 at 20:47

src This attribute specifies the URI of an external script; this can be used as an alternative to embedding a script directly within a document. script elements with an src attribute specified should not have a script embedded within its tags.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Element/script

What happens with a script block with internal and external scripting?

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