What is the difference between call and apply?

Question

What is the difference between using call and apply to invoke a function?

var func = function() {
  alert(\'hello!\');
};
         


        

Answer 1

Here's a small-ish post, I wrote on this:

http://sizeableidea.com/call-versus-apply-javascript/

var obj1 = { which : "obj1" },
obj2 = { which : "obj2" };

function execute(arg1, arg2){
    console.log(this.which, arg1, arg2);
}

//using call
execute.call(obj1, "dan", "stanhope");
//output: obj1 dan stanhope

//using apply
execute.apply(obj2, ["dan", "stanhope"]);
//output: obj2 dan stanhope

//using old school
execute("dan", "stanhope");
//output: undefined "dan" "stanhope"