Question

Is the following possible:

var someObject = {someProperty : "someValue"};
var someFunction = function() {
 someProperty = "anotherValue";
};

// what do I do here, in order to use
// someFunction to change someObject without
// directly accessing it from someFunction?
// E.g., none of this:
/*
   var someFunction = function() {
       someObject.someProperty = "anotherValue";
   };
*/

if(someObject.someProperty=="anotherValue") alert("Hooray!");

?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Having read my question and seeing the lack of understanding, here is a simple way that it can be handled (add a parameter):

var someObject = {someProperty : "someValue"};
var someFunction = function(ref) {
 ref.someProperty = "anotherValue";
};

someFunction(someObject);

// assert(someObject.someProperty=="anotherValue");