Typescript “this” inside a class method

Question

I know this is probably painfully basic, but i am having a tough time wrapping my head around it.

class Main
{
     constructor()
     {
         requestAni         


        

Answer 1

How about doing it this way? Declare a global variable of type "myClass" and initialise it in the constructor of the class:

var _self: myClass;

class myClass {
    classScopeVar: string = "hello";

    constructor() {
        _self = this;
    }

    alerter() {
        setTimeout(function () {
            alert(_self.classScopeVar)
        }, 500);
    }
}

var classInstance = new myClass();
classInstance.alerter();

Note: It is important NOT to use "self" as it as a special meaning already.