JavaScript function calls

There are 4 ways to call JavaScript functions.

The difference between each method lies in the initialization of this.

this Keywords

Generally speaking, in Javascript, this points to the current object when the function is executed.

	Note that this is a reserved keyword, you cannot modify the value of this.

Calling JavaScript functions

In the previous chapters we have learned how to create functions.

The code in the function is executed after the function is called.

Call as a function

Instance

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<p>
全局函数 (myFunction) 返回参数参数相乘的结果：
</p>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction(a, b) {
	return a * b;
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myFunction(10, 2); 
</script>

</body>
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The above functions do not belong to any object. But in JavaScript it is always the default global object.

The default global object in HTML is the HTML page itself, so the function belongs to the HTML page.

The page object in the browser is the browser window (window object). The above functions will automatically become functions of the window object.

myFunction() and window.myFunction() are the same:

Instance

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<p>全局函数 myFunction() 会自动成为 window 对象的方法。</p>
<p>myFunction() 类似于 window.myFunction()。</p>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction(a, b) {
	return a * b;
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = window.myFunction(10, 2); 
</script>

</body>
</html>

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##This is a common method for calling JavaScript functions, but It is not a good programming habit

	Global variables, methods or functions can easily cause naming conflict bugs.

Global object

When the function is not called by its own object, the value of

this will become global object.

In a web browser, the global object is the browser window (window object).

The value returned by this instance

this is the window object:

Instance

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<p>在 HTML 中 <b>this</b> 的值, 在全局函数是一个 window 对象。</p>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
	return this;
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myFunction(); 
</script>

</body>
</html>

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The function is called as a global object and will Make the value of

Function as method call

In JavaScript you can define functions as methods of objects.

The following example creates an object (myObject), which has two properties (firstName and lastName), and one method (fullName):

Instance

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<p>myObject.fullName() 返回 John Doe:</p>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
var myObject = {
    firstName:"John",
    lastName: "Doe",
    fullName: function() {
		return this.firstName + " " + this.lastName;
    }
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myObject.fullName(); 
</script>

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fullName The method is a function. Functions belong to objects. myObject is the owner of the function.

this object that holds JavaScript code. The value of this in the instance is the myObject object.

Test the following! Modify the fullName method and return the this value:

Instance

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<p>在一个对象方法中 ，<b>this</b> 的值是对象本身。</p>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
var myObject = {
    firstName:"John",
    lastName: "Doe",
    fullName: function() {
		return this;
    }
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myObject.fullName();
</script>

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	this a global object. Using the window object as a variable can easily cause the program to crash.

##The function is called as an object method, which will cause# The value of ##this

	becomes the object itself.

Use the constructor to call the function

If the

new

keyword is used before the function call, the constructor is called function. This looks like a new function is created, but in fact JavaScript functions are recreated objects:

Instance

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<p>该实例中， myFunction 是函数构造函数:</p>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction(arg1, arg2) {
	this.firstName = arg1;
    this.lastName  = arg2;
}
var x = new myFunction("John","Doe")
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x.firstName; 
</script>

</body>
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The call to the constructor will create a new object. The new object inherits the constructor's properties and methods.

this

Calling functions as function methods

In JavaScript, functions are objects. A JavaScript function has its properties and methods.

call() and apply() are predefined function methods. Two methods can be used to call functions, and the first parameter of both methods must be the object itself.

Example

function myFunction(a, b) {
return a * b;
}
myFunction.call(myObject, 10, 2); // Return 20

##Instance

function myFunction(a , b) {

return a * b;
}
myArray = [10,2];
myFunction.apply(myObject, myArray); // Return 20

Use both methods The object itself is passed as the first parameter. The difference between the two is the second parameter: What apply passes in is a parameter array, that is, multiple parameters are combined into an array and passed in, while call is passed in as the parameter of call (starting from the second parameter).

In JavaScript strict mode (strict mode), the first parameter will become the value of

this when calling the function, even if the parameter is not an object.

In JavaScript non-strict mode (non-strict mode), if the value of the first parameter is null or undefined, it will use the global object instead.

The	keyword in the constructor has no value. The value of this is created when the object (new object) is instantiated when the function is called.

You can set the value of

	this through the call() or apply() method, and it will exist as New method call on the object.