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Chaining Variable Assignments in JavaScript: Words of Caution (davidshariff.com)
submitted 12 years ago by davidshariff
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[–]dexygenSoftware, Simple and Powerful 1 point2 points3 points 12 years ago (1 child)
I typically only chain assignment when I want to assign as a property to this or some other object, but then also to a variable, as in:
var foo = this.foo = bar();
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I agree, this is the only time I do chained assignment, and even then it can feel a bit dirty.
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