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Scott Pattison
4,547 PointsUnderstand passing of objects to variables question?
Hi, When passing a variable, to a function. (message), the passing variable would contain all of the 'message' additions (+=), as well as the updates from calling the object 'person'? (person.name) ?
Is this the case?
Thanks.
Scott
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsIf I understand you correctly, the answer would be "yes".
For example, if you build up a string named message, and then pass it to a function, it will include everything that was previously added to that string.
The answer would also be "yes" if you are asking about passing the object itself and accessing the properties in it. For example, if you were to pass the object in person to a function, the function would then have access to the properties in that object, like this:
function printName(obj) {
var message = "Hello, my name is " + obj.name;
console.log(message);
}
printName(person); // call the function and pass it the object in the "person" variable
Did one of those cover what you were asking?
Scott Pattison
4,547 PointsYes, Thank you, that is exactly what I was meaning. Helped me, understand and confirmed what I was thinking. :-)