How to get a property when setting others in Object Literal notation?

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In java script I get this error

Uncaught ReferenceError: baseUrl is not defined 



window.Configurations = Configurations = {
        baseUrl: 'https://mysite.com/',
        detailsEventCustom: baseUrl + 'DetailsEventCustom?EventId=',
        addEventCustom: baseUrl + 'AddEventCustom',
        listAllEventsCustomForDate: baseUrl + 'ListAllEventsCustomForDate?DateToLookUp=',
        dashboardEventsCustom: baseUrl + 'DashboardEventsCustom',
        listAllTimetableEventsCustom: baseUrl + 'ListAllTimetableEventsCustom',
        updateEventCustom: baseUrl + 'UpdateEventCustom?EventId=',
        deleteEventCustom: baseUrl + 'DeleteEventCustom?EventId='
    };

Could you point me out what I am doing wrong here?

There is no baseUrl variable. And the property of your object can't be used before it is constructed. — Bergi
– Bergi, Commented Feb 5, 2013 at 7:56
exact duplicate of Self-references in object literal declarations — Bergi
– Bergi, Commented Feb 5, 2013 at 7:58

Parv Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 07:53:39Z

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you cannot do it like this
when you are accessing the object hasn't been made try doing this instead

var baseUrl = 'https://mysite.com/';
window.Configurations = Configurations = {
        baseUrl: baseUrl,
        detailsEventCustom: baseUrl + 'DetailsEventCustom?EventId=',
        addEventCustom: baseUrl + 'AddEventCustom',
        listAllEventsCustomForDate: baseUrl + 'ListAllEventsCustomForDate?DateToLookUp=',
        dashboardEventsCustom: baseUrl + 'DashboardEventsCustom',
        listAllTimetableEventsCustom: baseUrl + 'ListAllTimetableEventsCustom',
        updateEventCustom: baseUrl + 'UpdateEventCustom?EventId=',
        deleteEventCustom: baseUrl + 'DeleteEventCustom?EventId='
    };

answered Feb 5, 2013 at 7:53

Parv Sharma

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rtytgat · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-05 07:54:17Z

This is a scoping problem. You are still building the object between the curly braces, and all values are calculated before they are assigned to the object. baseUrl simply doesn't exist yet when you are using it to assign the other values. You should do something like this instead:

var baseUrl = 'https://mysite.com/'
window.Configurations = Configurations = {
    baseUrl: baseUrl,
    detailsEventCustom: baseUrl + 'DetailsEventCustom?EventId=',
    addEventCustom: baseUrl + 'AddEventCustom',
    listAllEventsCustomForDate: baseUrl + 'ListAllEventsCustomForDate?DateToLookUp=',
    dashboardEventsCustom: baseUrl + 'DashboardEventsCustom',
    listAllTimetableEventsCustom: baseUrl + 'ListAllTimetableEventsCustom',
    updateEventCustom: baseUrl + 'UpdateEventCustom?EventId=',
    deleteEventCustom: baseUrl + 'DeleteEventCustom?EventId='
};

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