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# [Understanding the this Keyword in JavaScript](https://mohd-sameer.hashnode.dev/understanding-the-this-keyword-in-javascript?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

If there is one concept in JavaScript that has caused more headaches than any other, it’s the this keyword. To a beginner, it feels like a mischievous ghost that changes its identity depending on whic

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