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Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsNot understanding what "this" is
Can someone explain this to me? I am not quite understanding...
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsSomeone asked a similar question just recently. Here's what I said then:
There's an entire 13-minute workshop for Understanding "this" in JavaScript.
The short version is that it stands for the current context. Within an object method, for example, it would represent the object itself. In an event handler, it would be the element that triggered the event.
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Matthew Batman
30,187 PointsThere's actually a Treehouse workshop on this
that you may want to check out. I think of this
as the context of what's calling this
, though that may not help. As a general practice, while you're new, anytime you use or see this
, trying declaring console.log(this)
.
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Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsThank you for your support! It really helps.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsAlexander Davison
65,469 PointsThank you!