JavaScript access parent object attribute

Question

I have a small issue in JS, I have two nested objects, and I would like to access a variable from the parent, like so:

var parent = {
    a : 5,

    child:          


        

Answer 1

In your example you haven't inheritance. You may do this

...
    displayA : function(){
        console.log(parent.a);
        // 5
    },
...
parent.child.parent = parent;
parent.child.displayA();