Function within function within function

Hmm, maybe this is possible or not but I have tried and failed, what I would like is to be able to do the following:

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function Player()
{
        this.name = "Bob";
        this.animate= function(direction)
        {
                return direction;
                stop = function() {
                      //code here
                }
        }
}

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Then I simply want to do the following:

Code:

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var player = new Player();
player.animate("left").stop();

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I tried many different ways and the only way I could get it to work is by using:

Code:

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player.animate.stop();

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I know many will know how to do this but I tried researching and couldn't find any results, thanks if you help...
Joel. :)

everything after return would not be executed, it need to be blocked off with a switch, loop, or if statements. The code you gave in the first block does not do anything by return in the first statement.

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Originally Posted by burnme

everything after return would not be executed, it need to be blocked off with a switch, loop, or if statements. The code you gave in the first block does not do anything by return in the first statement.

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Oh right, though I don't need the return statement, if I remove it... it still doesn't work.

Code:

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function Player()
{
        this.name = "Bob";
        this.animate= function(direction)
        {
                this.stop = function() {
                      return 'kawabanga';
                }
return this;
        }
}

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then

Code:

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var player = new Player();
player.animate("left").stop();

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