Add object to array from constructor

Question

I'm currently working on a platform game which will have a lot of different blocks that will serve as walls and platforms. In order to know if a player has arrived att a point where there's an obstacle, I'd like to loop through an array of all blocks.

I could of course just add the objects to the array after I've created them:

    var blockArray = [];
    var block1 = new Block();
    blockArray.push(block1);

But lets face it, I'm lazy and the code becomes a bit cluttered. Is there some way to add the object to the array from inside the constructor, something like this:

    var blockArray = [];        
    function Block () {
          blockArray.push(this.Block);
    }

where this.Block means the newly created object.

Is there any way to reference an object like this?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Is there any way to reference an object like this?

Yes, it's literally this .

 var blockArray = []; function Block() { this.foo = 42; blockArray.push(this); } new Block(); console.log(blockArray);