What is wrong in this ?? I want to call a string as a function. Could someone please help me on this
var wnameSpace = (function(){
var privateVar = '';
privateVar = "dummyFunction";
dummyFunction = function(){
console.log("hurray dummyFunction called here");
};
return {
publicFunction:function() {
console.log(window[wnameSpace])
}
}
})();
wnameSpace.publicFunction();
Well, you're accessing window[wnameSpace] but I think you meant to use window[privateVar]. Also, you probably meant to invoke the function rather than just log it. Try this:
var wnameSpace = (function(){
var privateVar = "dummyFunction";
dummyFunction = function(){
console.log("hurray dummyFunction called here");
};
return {
publicFunction:function() {
window[privateVar](); // "hurray dummyFunction called here"
}
}
})();
wnameSpace.publicFunction();
However, I wouldn't recommend using this kind of code in production. It's hard to tell what you want, exactly, but I'm pretty sure there is a better way to accomplish it.
var wnameSpace = (function(){
var privateVar = '';
privateVar = "dummyFunction";
dummyFunction = function(){
console.log("hurray dummyFunction called here");
};
return {
publicFunction:function(){
var fn = window[privateVar]; if (typeof fn === "function") fn();
}
}
})();
wnameSpace.publicFunction();
Will also work.. Thank you for all the anwsers