Losing context with parse.com javascript SDK -

so goal of i'm doing store array of objects inside object literal later reference. losing context(if right terminology use here) in place confusing me. here code:

huntobject = {          // data.hunts gives collection         data: {},          fetchcollec: function(){             var self = this;              var huntobj = new parse.query(huntobject);             huntobj.find({                 success: function(results){                     var hunts = [];                      for(i in results){                         hunts.push(i);                     }                     console.log(self);                             //here self references huntobject                     self.data = hunts;                    },                  error: function(e){                     console.log(e.message);                 }             });              console.log(self);// here self references huntobject                              console.log(self.data); // empty 

so in both console.log statements correct context want referenced , in last log call self can see in console data object has array of objects in it. try reference array empty object. tried assigning array in different ways self.data.array = hunts. tried set data method this.

data: (function(){         return {             array: []         }      }()); 

i think maybe understanding of how context changes in different situations pretty weak nice solve original goal more important understand context better , why implementation failing in instance?

this isn't scope or context issue, you're handling self variable.

my guess parse.query asynchronous. , you'd have console.log within success function; doing in code after call parse.query calls (before query completes).

so:

huntobj.find({     success: function (results) {         var hunts = [];          (i in results) {             hunts.push(i);         }         console.log(self);         //here self references huntobject         self.data = hunts;          // *********** move these here         console.log(self); // here self references huntobje         console.log(self.data); // not empty anymore     },      error: function (e) {         console.log(e.message);     } });  // code here runs after you've *started* query, // before *completes*