// A simple function for sending a message
  function sendMessage( msg, obj ) {
      // If both a message and an object are provided
      if ( arguments.length == 2 )
          // Send the message to the object
          obj.alert( msg );
  
      // Otherwise, assume that only a message was provided
      else
          // So just display the default error message
          alert( msg );
  }
  
  // Both of these function calls work
  sendMessage( "Hello, World!" );
  sendMessage( "How are you?", window );
  
  // A function that takes any number of arguments and makes
  // an array out of them
  function makeArray() {
      // The temporary array
      var arr = [];
      
      // Go through each of the submitted arguments
      for ( var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++ ) {
          arr.push( arguments[i] );
      }
  
      // Return the resulting array
      return arr;
  }