title: JSLint Validation error "combine this with the previous var statement"
body: <p>JSLint Validation error "combine this with the previous var statement"</p>
  
  <p>How do I combine this so I don't get JSLint Validation error? I get the validation error on the lines of code in getClassName function.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$(document).ready(function () {
  'use strict';
  // This function is used to calculate the date
  function dateString(dateToDisplay) {
  
      var monthNames = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June',
          'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'],
          dayNames = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday',
              'Friday', 'Saturday'];
  
  // Use current date if no parameter or bad date provided
      if (dateToDisplay === undefined || !(dateToDisplay instanceof Date)) {
          dateToDisplay = new Date();
      }
  
      return dayNames[dateToDisplay.getDay()] + ', ' // Day of week: Sunday
          + monthNames[dateToDisplay.getMonth()] + ' ' // Name of month: July
          + dateToDisplay.getDate() + ', ' // Day of month: 20
          + dateToDisplay.getFullYear(); // Year: 1969
  }
  
  
  $('#safetyRecord').hide(); // hides the header with the id of safetyRecord until we are ready to display it later in the code
  $('#today').text(dateString()); // changes the text in the span with the id of today to the current date using the dateString function
  function getClassName(days) { // this function determines  which css style to apply to the id daysSinceLastAccident and the id message based on the number of days since last accident
      if (days &gt;= 730) { return "great"; }
      if (days &gt;= 180) { return "good"; }
      if (days &gt;= 60) { return "marginal"; }
      if (days &gt;= 14) { return "poor"; }
      if (days &gt;= 0) { return "disaster"; }
  }
  
  $('#checkRecord').click(function () { // when the checkRecord button is clicked the number of days since last accident is calculated, storing the number in a variable.
      var userEnteredDate = new Date($('#dateOfLastAccident').val()); // variable that stores user entered date
      var today = new Date(); 
      var minutes = 1000 * 60; // calculation used to convert miliseconds to minutes
      var hours = minutes * 60; // calculation used to conver minutes into hours
      var days = hours * 24; // calculation used to convert hours to days
      var years = days * 365; // calculation used to convert days into years
      var daysSinceAccident = Math.floor((today.getTime() - userEnteredDate.getTime()) / days); // calculation used to find the difference between current date and user entered date as a whole number
      var className = getClassName(daysSinceAccident); // variable clasName finds the correct css style to apply based on daysSinceAccident
      $('#daysSinceLastAccident').text(daysSinceAccident); // replaces the content of the element with id daysSinceLastAccident with the number of days accident-free
      $('#daysSinceLastAccident').removeClass();
      $('#daysSinceLastAccident').addClass(className); // applies css class style to element with id daysSinceLastAccident
  
      $('#safetyRecord').show(); // Using the same timeframes, a custom message styled with the appropriate css class in the paragraph with id message is displayed.
      $('#message').removeClass(); 
      $('#message').addClass(className);
      $('#message').html(className + " is the current safety record.");
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>});</p>