Here is the code:
function BinarySearchNode(key) {
let node = {};
node.key = key;
node.lft = null;
node.rgt = null;
node.log = () => {
console.log(node.key);
}
node.get_node_with_parent = (key) => {
let parent = null;
while (this) {
if (key == this.key) {
return [this, parent];
}
if (key < this.key) {
[this, parent] = [this.lft, this];
} else {
[this, parent] = [this.rgt, this];
}
}
return [null, parent];
}
return node;
}
My Firefox is 44.0 and it throws a SyntaxError for these lines:
if (key < this.key) {
[this, parent] = [this.lft, this];
} else {
I tried to understand what exactly is wrong here by reading this blogpost and the MDN. Unfortuntely, I am still missing it :(
1 Answer
this is not a variable, but a keyword and cannot be assigned to. Use a variable instead:
node.get_node_with_parent = function(key) {
let parent = null;
let cur = this; // if you use an arrow function, you'll need `node` instead of `this`
while (cur) {
if (key == cur.key) {
return [cur, parent];
}
if (key < cur.key) {
[cur, parent] = [cur.lft, cur];
} else {
[cur, parent] = [cur.rgt, cur];
}
}
return [null, parent];
}
