Re: Newbie question on scope and construtor

Les,

Make sure that VAR precedes all variables.  This is keyword insures that the variable is associated with the function.

Mike,

On 10/10/2013 12:10 PM, Les Hartzman wrote:

Hi,

I've got a JS function used as a constructor. The HTML file includes code to 'new' the constructor to create the object.

My understanding is that variables defined within the constructor should have the context of the constructor and not of 'window'. But in my case what I'm seeing is that within a declared function in the constructor, the context is 'window':

function MyCtor()

{

    var a;

    var b;

    var myFunc = function() {

         debugger; //#2

         // code for function

    }

// more code

    debugger;  //#1

    myFunct();

    debugger; //#3

} //end MyCtor

When execution breaks at debugger #1, 'this' refers to 'MyCtor'. However, at debugger #2 this refers to 'window'. And at debugger #3 it is 'MyCtor'.

What happened to the MyCtor context within myFunc? Clearly I'm missing something basic here.

Thanks.

Les

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