Javascript 'this' value changing, but can't figure out why

Question

I\'m a total Javascript newb, and I\'m trying to wrap my head around OLN. What I\'m encountering is that, when calling an object method from another method on the same objec

Answer 1

You can control the execution context of the method call by using call():

var generator = {
  generateForLevelSkillAndCount : function(level, skill, count) {
    return this['generate_' + level + '_' + skill].call(this, count);
  },
  generate_0_4 : function(count) {
    return this.generate_generic_dots.call(this, count, 3);
  },
  generate_generic_dots : function(count, maxDots) {
    /* do cool stuff and return it */
  }
};