Javascript error when calling javascript library function

Question

I have been developing a javascript library called TechX. Here is the code:

(function(){
        function tex(s){
            return new tex.init(s);
        };
        //declare the init selector function
        tex.init = function(s){
            if(!s){
                return this;
            }
            else{
                this.length = 1;
                if (typeof s === "object"){
                    this[0] = s;
                }
                else if(typeof s === "string"){
                    var obj;
                    obj = document.querySelector(s);
                    this[0] = obj;
                }
                return this;
            }
        }
        tex.prototype = {
            dit : function(){
                this.innerHTML = 'Hi?!?!?!';
            }
        };
        window.tex = tex;
})();

In my body I have this script to test it out:

<input type="button" id="inpt" value="click"></input>
<div id="test"></div>
<script>
var inn = document.getElementById("inpt");
inn.onclick = function(){
    tex('#test').dit();
};
</script>

When I load the page there are no errors, but when I click the button I get an error that says, " 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'tex('#test').dit();') ."

Does anyone know what I have done wrong in my code? How can I fix the error? Thank you so much!

Answer 1

It looks to me like the issue is that tex("#test") returns a text.init object, but .dit() is a method on tex , not on tex.init so there's no method .dit() to execute.

Perhaps you want to change this:

tex.prototype = {...}

to this:

tex.init.prototype = {...}

so the .dit() method will be on the type of object you're actually creating.

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Also, I think this:

        dit : function(){
            this.innerHTML = 'Hi?!?!?!';
        }

needs to be this:

        dit : function(){
            this[0].innerHTML = 'Hi?!?!?!';
        }

or, if you intend for it to work like jQuery, you'd have to iterate over all the contained objects like this:

        dit : function(){
            for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
                this[i].innerHTML = 'Hi?!?!?!';
            }
        }