Why does node.js don't find the function if the files requires each other

Asked May 20 '19 at 11:03

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Here is my situation:

When I try to call a function which is in file b.js from file a.js then I get the exception that b.xy() is not a function.

If I remove the require in file b.js then node.js can find the function.

Why does node.js don't find the function if the files requires each other?

edited May 20 '19 at 11:10

Skrface

asked May 20 '19 at 11:03

Marco Sadowski

https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_cycles – 1565986223 May 20 '19 at 11:05
have you exported the function in b module like this: module.exports = xy; – Shahin Shemshian May 20 '19 at 12:11
@shaahin - Of course – Marco Sadowski May 20 '19 at 17:11

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