Gotcha #1: this keyword
Gotcha #2: variable scope and variable evaluation strategy
Object properties are not iterated in order (V8)
Comparing NaN with anything (even NaN) is always false
console.log("Inputis 123 - ", !isNaN(parseInt("123", 10)));
console.log("Inputis abc - ", !isNaN(parseInt("abc", 10)));
Floating point precision
console.log(0.1 + 0.2); // 0.30000000000000004
console.log(0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3); // false
Functions are objects, so they can have properties attached to them.
function doSomething() { return doSomething.value + 50; }
var doSomethingElse = function() { return doSomethingElse.value + 100;};
doSomething.value = 100;
doSomethingElse.value = 100;
console.log( doSomething() );
console.log( doSomethingElse() );
- LOG 150
- LOG 200
The arguments variable available in functions is not an Array, through it acts mostly like an array. For example, it does not have the push() and pop() methods but it does have a length property
To create an array from the arguments property, you can use Array.prototype combined with Function.call:
function test() {
// Create a new array from the contents of arguments
var args =Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments); // returns an array
console.log(args.length);
console.log(args.concat(['a', 'b', 'c'])); //works
}
test(1,2, 3);
- LOG 3
- LOG [1,2,3,"a","b","c"]
function a(){console.log(arguments.callee)}
a()
functiona(){console.log(arguments.callee)}
function a(){console.log(arguments.caller)}
a()
undefined
function a(){console.log(a.caller)}
a()
functioneval() { [native code] }
function a(){console.log(a.callee)}
a()
undefined
myfunc.apply(obj,arguments).
// concat arguments onto the
Array.prototype.concat.apply([1,2,3],arguments).
// turn arguments intoa true array
var args =Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
// cut out first argument
args =Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);