Calling a method from another method in the same class
Solution 1:
You need to use the this keyword instead of self.
runMyTest() {
this.myTest();
}
A side note
If you are nesting standard functions notation then this is not lexically bound (will be undefined). To get around this, use Arrow Functions (preferred), .bind, or locally define this outside of the function.
class Test {
constructor() {
this.number = 3;
}
test() {
function getFirstThis() {
return this;
}
const getSecondThis = () => {
return this;
};
const getThirdThis = getFirstThis.bind(this);
const $this = this;
function getFourthThis() {
return $this;
}
// undefined
console.log(getFirstThis());
// All return "this" context, containing the number property
console.log(this);
console.log(getSecondThis());
console.log(getThirdThis());
console.log(getFourthThis());
}
}
new Test().test();Solution 2:
You need to use this not self like
runMyTest() {
this.myTest();
}
However a lot of implementations like to keep the reference and are doing the following:
var self = this;
That might be the reason you were thinking of self as self reference. For further reading I'd suggest this SO - post
Solution 3:
class MyClass {
myTest() {
console.log('it works');
}
runMyTest() {
this.myTest();
}
}
var myClass = new MyClass();
myClass.runMyTest();