Returning from JavaScript Promise to Parent Function

Asked Oct 11 '18 at 19:31

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The following logs "undefined" to the console while I'm intending it to log "return this":

function main() {
  promise()
    .then(function() { return "return this"});
}

console.log(main())

I think its returning the value "return this" to the main function, but then its not returning from the main function to be logged to the console. How could I change my code to make this work?

edited Mar 04 '19 at 16:46

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asked Oct 11 '18 at 19:31

tom894

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Your function doesn't actually return anything. You need to return the promise. – SLaks Oct 11 '18 at 19:34
Returning the promise returns "promise pending", its being returned before the promise is complete. How else could I do this? – tom894 Oct 11 '18 at 19:36
Check this thread https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35747957/promise-callbacks-returning-promises – Maor Refaeli Oct 11 '18 at 19:36
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@tom894 You can't, that's the point of asynchrony. – Bergi Oct 11 '18 at 19:47

Returning from JavaScript Promise to Parent Function

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