Does JavaScript pass by reference? [duplicate]

Answer 1

"Global" JavaScript variables are members of the window object. You could access the reference as a member of the window object.

var v = "initialized";

function byref(ref) {
  window[ref] = "changed by ref";
}

byref((function(){for(r in window){if(window[r]===v){return(r);}}})());
// It could also be called like... byref('v');
console.log(v); // outputs changed by ref

Note, the above example will not work for variables declared within a function.