How to Write a Self-Executing JavaScript Function

By Birtchum Thompson | March 23, 2020

It is sometimes necessary to write self-executing (or self-invoking) anonymous functions in JavaScript. Variables within these special functions are limited to the code within the function only. This allows functions to be written with variable names that are used in other code blocks without effecting them.

Writing a self-executing function is very straight-forward. They are simply a normal JavaScript function wrapped in parentheses with a pair of parenthesis at the end. The ending parentheses can accept arguments for the self-executing function, but it is not necessary. Possible arguments to pass to the function may be ‘window’ or ‘document’. An example self-executing function is shown below.

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