Simplest/Cleanest way to implement singleton in JavaScript?

Question

What is the simplest/cleanest way to implement singleton pattern in JavaScript?

Answer 1

Here is the simple example to explain singleton pattern in javascript.

 var Singleton=(function(){
      var instance;
      var init=function(){
           return {
             display:function(){
             alert("This is a Singleton patern demo");
              }
            };
           }; 
            return {
              getInstance:function(){
                   if(!instance){
                     alert("Singleton check");
                      instance=init();
                       }
               return instance;
             }
         };

    })();

   // In this call first display alert("Singleton check")
  // and then alert("This is a Singleton patern demo");
  // It means one object is created

    var inst=Singleton.getInstance();
    inst.display();

    // In this call only display alert("This is a Singleton patern demo")
   //  it means second time new object is not created, 
   //  it uses the already created object 

    var inst1=Singleton.getInstance();
    inst1.display();