How can I access properties (such as variables or objects) of an anonymous self-invoking function with a console?

Asked Oct 24 '19 at 20:07

Active Oct 25 '19 at 09:44

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I have a website with the following code:

(function() {
    var x = "Welcome!";
    var o = {"date": Date.now(), "elapsed": null};
})();

Is it possible to access the variables x and o (such as logging their value) from a browser console? If so, how?

edited Oct 25 '19 at 09:44

Dharman

asked Oct 24 '19 at 20:07

Nick362880

All javascript can be exposed to the console. You can edit the source code in developer tools and add console.logs or add debugger/breakpoints. – Joelgullander Oct 24 '19 at 20:11
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Not possible. That's (usually) the whole point of using an IIFE. You can always just put a breakpoint there and step through the code, though. – VLAZ Oct 24 '19 at 20:11

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