I have declared a function in file so that it becomes global:
It's because of javascript's hoisting
function() {
var speakService = speakService();
return speakService;
}
Will be same as
function() {
var speakService; //Declaration moved to top
speakService = speakService(); //here speakService is undefined
return speakService;
}
The reason why the variable appears to be undefined is hoisting. When you write something like var x = 3
the definition of x
is hoisted to the top of the current scope (functional in this case since you are using var
). The assignment itself happens when you hit that particular line.
So in your specific case, when you enter the scope of that variable you define it var speakService
first, which hides the function speakService
from the rest of the scope. Then you try to execute the line speakService = speakService()
and since speakService
is just an uninitialized variable you get undefined.
Like others have said, your issue is hoisting. Just return an object literal and use the IIFE pattern.
var myService = (function speakService() {
var speak = function(word) {
console.log(word);
};
return {
speak: speak
};
})();
myService.speak("TEST");