Here is my code:
TextClass = function () {
this._textArr = {};
};
TextClass.prototype = {
SetTexts: function (texts) {
for (var i = 0; i < texts.length; i++) {
this._textArr[texts[i].Key] = texts[i].Value;
}
},
GetText: function (key) {
var value = this._textArr[key];
return String.IsNullOrEmpty(value) ? 'N/A' : value;
}
};
I'm using the Underscore.js library and would like to define my SetTexts function like this:
_.each(texts, function (text) {
this._textArr[text.Key] = text.Value;
});
but _textArr is undefined when I get into the loop.
In JavaScript, the function context, known as this
, works rather differently.
You can solve this in two ways:
Use a temporary variable to store the context:
SetTexts: function (texts) {
var that = this;
_.each(texts, function (text) {
that._textArr[text.Key] = text.Value;
});
}
Use the third parameter to _.each()
to pass the context:
SetTexts: function (texts) {
_.each(texts, function (text) {
this._textArr[text.Key] = text.Value;
}, this);
}
You have to pass this
as context for _.each
call like this:
_.each(texts, function (text) {
this._textArr[text.Key] = text.Value;
}, this);
See the docs for http://underscorejs.org/#each
this
in javascript does not work the same way as you would expect. read this article:
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/scope_in_javascript/
short version:
the value of this
changes every time you call a function. to fix, set another variable equal to this
and reference that instead
TextClass = function () {
this._textArr = {};
};
TextClass.prototype = {
SetTexts: function (texts) {
var that = this;
for (var i = 0; i < texts.length; i++) {
that._textArr[texts[i].Key] = texts[i].Value;
}
},
GetText: function (key) {
var value = this._textArr[key];
return String.IsNullOrEmpty(value) ? 'N/A' : value;
}
};
Note that you can also pass things other that "this". For example, I do something like:
var layerGroupMasterData = [[0],[1,2,3],[4,5],[6,7,8,9],[10]];
_.each(layerGroupMasterData,function(layerGroup,groupNum){
_.each(layerGroup, function (layer, i) {
doSomethingThatComparesOneThingWithTheOverallGroup(layerGroupMasterData,layer);
},layerGroups);
},layerGroupMasterData);