Why am I getting the error: \"Uncaught TypeError: self.myTest is not a function\"? How do I call a method from within another method in a javascript class?
class MyClass {
myTest() {
console.log('it works');
}
let runMyTest = ()=>{
this.myTest();
}
}
var myClass = new MyClass();
myClass.runMyTest();
use arrow function to bind this within a function. it works fine even on typescript
class MyClass(){
constructor(){
this.init();
}
init(){
const $this = this;
this.doSomethigElse();
}
doSomethingElse(){
console.log("It worked!");
}
}
class MyClass {
myTest() {
console.log('it works');
}
runMyTest() {
this.myTest();
}
}
var myClass = new MyClass();
myClass.runMyTest();
Other solution is save the value of variable context $this
inside other for example in this
and for use is this.anyFunction();
class MyClass {
myTest() {
console.log('it works');
}
runMyTest() {
let this=$this;
this.myTest();
}
}
You need to use the this
keyword instead of self
.
runMyTest() {
this.myTest();
}
A side note
If you are nesting standard functions notation then this
is not lexically bound (will be undefined). To get around this, use Arrow Functions (preferred), .bind
, or locally define this
outside of the function.
class Test {
constructor() {
this.number = 3;
}
test() {
function getFirstThis() {
return this;
}
const getSecondThis = () => {
return this;
};
const getThirdThis = getFirstThis.bind(this);
const $this = this;
function getFourthThis() {
return $this;
}
// undefined
console.log(getFirstThis());
// All return "this" context, containing the number property
console.log(this);
console.log(getSecondThis());
console.log(getThirdThis());
console.log(getFourthThis());
}
}
new Test().test();
You need to use this
not self
like
runMyTest() {
this.myTest();
}
However a lot of implementations like to keep the reference and are doing the following:
var self = this;
That might be the reason you were thinking of self
as self reference. For further reading I'd suggest this SO - post