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    Are Javascript functions objects?

    on Feb 20, 2016

    A Javascript function is also an object of type function. So it can be used as an object and can have member variables. Also note that every function also has a member variable prototype. Here are some code examples.

    Using function as object example

    This example is setting a variable f using a function expression and then setting a property of it.

    <script type="text/javascript">
    var f = function () {
    }
    f.v1 = "value1";
    document.write("typeof(f)=" + typeof(f) + "<br/>");
    document.write("==all properties==<br/>");
    Object.getOwnPropertyNames(f).forEach(function(x) {
      document.write("key=" + x + " value=" + f[x] + "<br/>");
    });
    </script>
    refresh done
    try it online

    jQuery is also a function

    Popular Javascript library jQuery is also function object and hence it is called as function sometimes ($("#id")) and it also have many member variables.

    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      document.write("typeof($)=" + typeof($) + "<br/>");
    </script>
    refresh done
    try it online

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