Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· montanaflynn

Self-executing anonymous functions

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Here's how you can have an anonymous function invoke itself:

(function() {
    console.log('self-executing anonymous function');
}());
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vraa

Also known as, Immediately Invoked Function Expressions (IIFE).

over 1 year ago ·
hippyjim

I, for one, welcome our Immediately Invoked Function Expression Overlords.

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