The Use of the “this” Pointer in JavaScript

The Use of the “this” Pointer in JavaScript

This tip explains how to pass an object to a JavaScript function and retrieve the values from the “this” object. See the following piece of code:

 
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Run the above HTML code and click on the string in the alert. It should show:

 "Devx:TipSubmission Devx:TechTip Devx:TipSubmitted"
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