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.call example - here we demonstrate that functions themselves are objects and can have properties
another function will call the properties of another function
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//drinking will call chooseWisely and will look for it's liquor property | |
//within the liquor property is a wine property that will get output | |
var drinking = function (who) { | |
var which_spirit = this.liquor.wine; | |
console.log(which_spirit) // this will output malbec | |
return true | |
}; | |
var chooseWisely = function (ohdeliciouswine, brewski, whiskey) { | |
var bourbon = "Makers Mark" | |
var wine = ohdeliciouswine || "pinot noir" | |
var whiskey = whiskey || bourbon | |
var beer = brewski || "miller low life" | |
var func_length = chooseWisely.length | |
var argument_length = arguments.length | |
return { | |
wine:wine, | |
brew:beer, | |
spirits:whiskey, | |
length:func_length, | |
how_man_args:argument_length | |
} | |
} // this function will return an object | |
chooseWisely.liquor = chooseWisely("malbec", "guinness") | |
//invoke chooseWisely and assign it a liquor property whoose value is the return value from chooseWisely | |
// could of easily just been another variable but we avoid another global | |
drinking.call(chooseWisely); // here drinking is invoked and uses chooseWisely as the value of this |
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