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Liuuil
Liuuil

Reputation: 1569

When IIFE return a value, where does the value exist?

When I tried the example on babel Symbol in the example there was no return, so I added it cause I thought it should be(I am not sure if I am right).

It logged in my console MyClass is not defined.

If IIFE returns a Class, why it said MyClass is not defined?

(function() {

  var key = Symbol("key");

  function MyClass(privateData) {
    this[key] = privateData;
  }

  MyClass.prototype = {
    doStuff: function() {
    }
  };
  return MyClass //this is no return for the original example
})();

var c = new MyClass("hello")
c["key"]

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3254

Answers (2)

Rohit Goyal
Rohit Goyal

Reputation: 222

You can store the value somewhat like this if your IIFE is returning a value.

let returnedValue = (function(){console.log('return'); return 2;})();

Upvotes: -1

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 944054

As with any other function call, the value goes to the left hand side of the function.

var return_value_of_x = x();

or

var return_value_of_iife = (function () { return 1; })();

Since you have nothing on the LHS of your IIFE, the value is discarded.

In your example MyClass is a variable declared within the IIFE. It doesn't exist outside that function. You could create another variable with the same name in the wider scope:

var MyClass = (function () { …

Upvotes: 4

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