This is a wacky way to implement a "switch"-type construct I just thought would be interesting to use

wacky_switch.js

        var addCell = function($row, inner, addAs) {
            var $cell = $(document.createElement('td'))

            {
                html:  function() { $cell.html  (inner) },
                text:  function() { $cell.text  (inner) },
                child: function() { $cell.append(inner) }
            }[addAs ? addAs : 'text']()

            $row.append($cell)
        }