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Re: Refer object within itself

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Andrew Poulos wrote:

> Say I have this object
> 
> var foo {
>   "name":"bar"
>   "width":600
> }
> 
> 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);

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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Refer object within itself Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2016-02-26 22:50 +1100
  Re: Refer object within itself Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-02-26 04:51 -0800
    Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-02-26 14:15 +0100
  Re: Refer object within itself "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-02-26 16:43 +0100
    Re: Refer object within itself Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-26 19:25 +0100
  Re: Refer object within itself Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-26 19:23 +0100
  Refer object within itself Ram Tobolski <ramtob@gmail.com> - 2016-02-28 10:06 -0800
    Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-02-28 23:07 +0100
      Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-02-28 23:23 +0100
        Re: Refer object within itself Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-02-29 00:11 +0100
        Re: Refer object within itself Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-02-29 14:49 -0300
          Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-02-29 19:49 +0100
            Re: Refer object within itself Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-03-01 10:48 -0300
              Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-03-01 17:22 +0100
                Re: Refer object within itself Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-03-01 15:07 -0300
                Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-03-01 20:26 +0100
                Re: Refer object within itself Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-03-04 21:53 -0300
                Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-03-05 14:22 +0100
                Re: Refer object within itself Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-03-05 10:17 -0800
                Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-03-06 11:59 +0100
                Re: Refer object within itself Ram Tobolski <ramtob@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 10:48 -0800
                Re: Refer object within itself Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 19:07 -0800
                Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-03-07 10:44 +0100
                Re: Refer object within itself Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-03-07 12:54 -0300
                Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-03-07 17:59 +0100
                Re: Refer object within itself Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 13:44 -0800
                Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-03-07 22:59 +0100
                Re: Refer object within itself Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 17:00 -0800
                Re: Refer object within itself "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-03-08 10:24 +0100
                Re: Refer object within itself Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-03-08 13:03 -0800

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