Why does require('../models/owners.js') have another adjacent parameters next to it?

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require('../models/owners.js')(sequelize, Sequelize);

I don't understand the syntax of having require(..something)(why?) next to each other?

You are calling a constructor function for the module, as described here https://stackoverflow.com/a/7367898/8678978 Are `sequelize` and `Sequelize` declared somewhere else in your file? — chrisbyte, Dec 12 '19 at 00:14

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 12 '19 at 00:40

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require('../models/owners.js')(sequelize, Sequelize);

The above is (pretty much) equivalent to

const owners = require('../models/owners.js');
owners(sequelize, Sequelize);

However the second example results in a constant called owners as well.

edited Dec 12 '19 at 00:40

Bergi

answered Dec 12 '19 at 00:17

Olian04

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`require('../models/owners.js')` returns a function, that you can store in a variable or even use right away – Maxwell s.c Dec 12 '19 at 00:19

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