What is the use of the JavaScript 'bind' method?

Question

What is the use of bind() in JavaScript?

Answer 1

The bind() method creates a new function instance whose this value is bound to the value that was passed into bind(). For example:

   window.color = "red"; 
   var o = { color: "blue" }; 
   function sayColor(){ 
       alert(this.color); 
   } 
   var objectSayColor = sayColor.bind(o); 
   objectSayColor(); //blue 

Here, a new function called objectSayColor() is created from sayColor() by calling bind() and passing in the object o. The objectSayColor() function has a this value equivalent to o, so calling the function, even as a global call, results in the string “blue” being displayed.

Reference : Nicholas C. Zakas - PROFESSIONAL JAVASCRIPT® FOR WEB DEVELOPERS