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title: "What is the use of this keyword?"  
description: "What is the use of this keyword?"  
author: "Danish Khan"  
published: 2012-11-01  
updated: 2020-09-20  
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category: "javascript"  
tags: ["javascript"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the use of this keyword?

this keyword refers to the current object.

## Answers

### Answer by Danish Khan

this keyword refers to the current object.


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