I already know that apply
and call
are similar functions which setthis
(context of a function).
The difference is with the way
The basic difference between Call, Apply and Bind are:
Bind will be used if you want your execution context to come later in the picture.
Ex:
var car = {
registrationNumber: "007",
brand: "Mercedes",
displayDetails: function(ownerName){
console.log(ownerName + ' this is your car ' + '' + this.registrationNumber + " " + this.brand);
}
}
car.displayDetails('Nishant'); // **Nishant this is your car 007 Mercedes**
Let's say i want use this method in some other variable
var car1 = car.displayDetails('Nishant');
car1(); // undefined
To use the reference of car in some other variable you should use
var car1 = car.displayDetails.bind(car, 'Nishant');
car1(); // Nishant this is your car 007 Mercedes
Let's talk about more extensive use of bind function
var func = function() {
console.log(this)
}.bind(1);
func();
// Number: 1
Why? Because now func is bind with Number 1, if we don't use bind in that case it will point to Global Object.
var func = function() {
console.log(this)
}.bind({});
func();
// Object
Call, Apply are used when you want to execute the statement at the same time.
var Name = {
work: "SSE",
age: "25"
}
function displayDetails(ownerName) {
console.log(ownerName + ", this is your name: " + 'age' + this.age + " " + 'work' + this.work);
}
displayDetails.call(Name, 'Nishant')
// Nishant, this is your name: age25 workSSE
// In apply we pass an array of arguments
displayDetails.apply(Name, ['Nishant'])
// Nishant, this is your name: age25 workSSE