how do I restart a Javascript function (node.js environment) from inside that has been declared like this:

exports.myfunction = function(parameter){
   //myfunction(); does not work
}

how do I restart a Javascript function (node.js environment) from inside that has been declared like this:

exports.myfunction = function(parameter){
   //myfunction(); does not work
}

• javascript

• 3 Can you clarify what you mean by "restart?" I will assume you mean to recursively call it. Have you tried this.myfunction() or even exports.myfunction() ? – Antiga Commented Aug 31, 2014 at 15:11
• Yes, I was talking about a recursive function call. – Igor P. Commented Sep 1, 2014 at 19:32

2 Answers 2

Name it:

exports.myfunction = function myfunction(parameter) {
//                            ^^^^^^^^^^
    myfunction(); // does now work (but leads to a stack overflow obviously)
}

exports.myfunction = function(parameter){
   exports.myfunction(); // this works
}