Method

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A method is a {{glossary("function")}}  which is a {{glossary("property")}}  of an {{glossary("object")}} . There are two kinds of methods: instance methods which are built-in tasks performed by an object instance, or {{Glossary("static method", "static methods")}}  which are tasks that are called directly on an object constructor.

[!NOTE] In JavaScript functions themselves are objects, so, in that context, a method is actually an {{glossary("object reference")}}  to a function.

When F is said to be a method of O, it often means that F uses O as its this binding. Function properties that do not have different behaviors based on their this value (or those that don’t have a dynamic this binding at all — like bound functions and arrow functions) may not be universally recognized as methods.

See also

• Method (computer programming) in Wikipedia
• Defining a method in JavaScript (comparison of the traditional syntax and the new shorthand)
• List of JavaScript built-in methods
• Related glossary terms:
  • {{Glossary("function")}} 
  • {{Glossary("object")}} 
  • {{Glossary("property")}} 
  • {{Glossary("static method")}}