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copied!<p>In my application I have an object with several properties that get set in various places in the application.</p> <p>In one of my prototype functions I have a function that runs in intervals to update a timer, and in that function the property (this.)theTime should be set. The problem is that this doesn't happen, and I guess the reason is that <code>this.theTime</code> points to the function itself instead of the object.</p> <p>Below is two versions of my code, and neither of them works. Any tips for me?</p> <pre><code>// 1. function changeTime() { this.theTime = setTime(time); time.setSeconds(time.getSeconds()+1); p1.html(this.theTime); } interval = setInterval(changeTime(), 1000 ); // 2. function changeTime(theTime) { theTime = setTime(time); time.setSeconds(time.getSeconds()+1); p1.html(theTime); } interval = setInterval( function() { changeTime(this.theTime); }, 1000 ); </code></pre> <p>...</p> <p>Too make it more clear, the function above updates a timer (eg. <code>00:00:01</code> -> <code>00:00:02</code>) every second, and I want <code>this.theTime</code> to be updated with the time.</p> <p>When the timer stops (which happens in another prototype function) I want to be able to see what time the timer stopped on, but as it is now <code>this.theTime</code> is the default value, which means that the function above doesn't update the objects property. Instead <code>this.theTime</code> in the function above must be a local variable.</p> <p>NOTE: <code>setTime()</code> is another function that exists in the same prototype function as the function above.</p>

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