var DropDown = Class.create({
    initialize: function(date, appt_counter, times, edit_or_add) {
      start_drop_id = "start_drop_" + date + "_" + appt_counter;
...

function showBlock(element_id, element) {
    dropdown_tracker = element_id                 //using global variable to track dropdown
...

def check_appt_conflicts()             
    events_blocked.any? do |event|
      if event.frequency == 'weekly' || self.frequency == 'weekly'
...

def check_appt_conflicts()
    appointments.each do |appointment|
...

def create   
    case params[:event][:kind]
    when "appointment"
...

$('login_email').observe('click', function(event){    
      element = event.element()
      element.value = '';
...

def update
   respond_to do |format|
     if logged_in_user.spec.nil?
...

switch(timeArray[0]){
        case 1: var start_time = '7:00AM ';
...

@appointments_by_day = {}
day_counter = 1
#runt_objects is an array
...

if @events != nil
  @events.each do |event|
    if @recurrents != nil
...

<%= link_to image_tag("go_back.png"), user_path(@user) %><%= link_to 'Go Back', user_path(@user) %>

event_times = events.collect { |event| event.date.strftime("%I:%M %p") }
    
    times.each do |time|
...

times.each do |time|
      events.each do |event|
        if time.strftime("%I:%M %p") == event.datetime.strftime("%I:%M %p")
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