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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject: Re: Refer object within itself
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:25:02 +0100
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Christoph M. Becker wrote:

> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>> and I want to add another element that references a value within the
>> object itself. eg
>> 
>> var foo {
>>   "name":"bar"
>>   "width":600,
>>   "height": width * 2
>> }
>>
>> How do I reference to the object itself within the object?
> 
> AFAIK, you can't.  You may consider to employ a "constructor" function
> instead:
> 
>   function makeFoo(name, width) {
>       return {name: name, width: width; height: 2 * width};
>   }
> 
>   makeFoo("bar", 600);

No, that is not necessary, and maybe also not equivalent to what was 
originally intended.
 
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