What is ‘this’ keyword in JavaScript?

[bhavnasingh482]

Hi,
I would like to know,
What is ‘this’ keyword in JavaScript?

 

[Anju jha]

In JavaScript, the thing called this, is the object that "owns" the JavaScript code. The value of this, when used in a function, is the object that "owns" the function. The value of this, when used in an object, is the object itself.

 

[kentowin]

The this keyword refers to the current instance of the class.

 

[alberto-morrison]

The (this) keyword is one of the most widely used and yet confusing keyword in JavaScript. (this) keyword points to a particular object. Now, which is that object is depends on how a function which includes 'this' keyword is being called.

 

[Elly]

this is the current execution context of a function.

 

[rajveerkaur]

JavaScript is the programming or scripting language and it creates dynamically control multimedia, animated images. ‘This’ keyword is powerful global object & it is one of the most misunderstood parts of JavaScript and this keyword is using for execution the context. For example:-
function f1() {
return this;
}
// In a browser:
f1() === window; // true
// In Node:
f1() === global; //

 

[AngelaPender]

This keyword in an object constructor does not have a value. It is only a substitute for the new object.The value of this will become the new object when the constructor is used to create an object.

 

[Carol458]

In simple words-

In Javascript, property of an object can be a method or a simple value. When an Object's method is invoked then “this” refers to the object which contains the method being invoked.




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[sadia]

A function's this keyword behaves a little differently in JavaScript compared to other languages. It also has some differences between strict mode and non-strict mode.

In most cases, the value of this is determined by how a function is called. It can't be set by assignment during execution, and it may be different each time the function is called.