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Alexei Parphyonov
34,128 PointsArrow Function Syntax doesn't seem to be working
Hei. I wanted to write passwordEvent according to Arrow Function Syntax, but it doesn't seem to be working, while it works with traditional function declaration. I get the following mistake
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'toLowerCase' of undefined
at n.fn.init.val (jquery-1.11.0.min.js:4)
at HTMLInputElement.passwordEvent (app.js:15)
at HTMLInputElement.dispatch (jquery-1.11.0.min.js:3)
at HTMLInputElement.r.handle (jquery-1.11.0.min.js:3)
The function itself looks like
const passwordEvent = () => {
if ($(this).val().length < 9) {
$(this).next().show();
} else {
$(this).next().hide();
}
};
Earlier I noticed that I failed to declare anonymous functions in events in jQuery using arrow syntax either. Are they not compatible?
And here it's opposite, I declare an arrow function outside of jQuery, but it fails to use it.
2 Answers
Lars Reimann
11,816 PointsIt will never work with arrow functions. The value of this inside an arrow function is determined by the surrounding scope. Since the function is in the global scope, this will refer to the window object. Now you are trying to get the value of the window, which is undefined and jQuery internally tries to call the method toLowerCase on undefined, which causes an error, because undefined has no methods.
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 PointsThe arrow syntax only works on the EcmaScript 6 version of javascript, you will need both Node Js and Babel in order to utilize this syntax in your project, which is way outside the scope of the course you are in.