Question

I am defining the following object:

  var object = {
      first: $('.first').eq(),
      firstPosition: first.position()
    }

returns first is not defined

this.first… is also undefined

What is the correct syntax?

Answer 1

The correct syntax is:

var ob = {
    key: value,
    otherKey: value
};

You cannot access the properties of an object until it has finished being constructed.

So you need to do it in multiple steps.

var object = {};
object.first = $('.first').eq();
object.firstPosition = object.first.position();