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Self-references in object literal declarations

Is there any way access the value of a property name in the same object literal? Something like this:

myFunction.init({
    varOne: 'something',
    varTwo: this.varOne + 'something else'
})
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marked as duplicate by Felix Kling, kapa, Wh1T3h4Ck5, xdazz, Peter O. Oct 13 '12 at 5:12

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No, there is no way to access the object literal that is currently being defined from within the definition itself.

If you want to set properties based on the values of other properties, then you either need to base them both on some external value (that is not a property itself) or run an initializer function after the object literal is defined that can set some properties based on the values of other properties.

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Ok, thank you very much for the quick response! I'll have to create an external variable and access that within the object. –  Adrian Florescu Sep 30 '12 at 8:31
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