What does the this keyword refer to in the following code?

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QWhat does the this keyword refer to in the following code?

const user = {
name: 'John',
greet: () => {
console.log('Hello, ' + this.name + '!');
}
}

user.greet();

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A the global object ✔ ✖
B the function itself ✔ ✖
C the object that the function is a property of ✔ ✖
D the object that the function is called on ✔ ✖

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In this case, the greet function is an arrow function, which means that the this keyword is not dynamically bound to the object that the function is called on.
Instead, it refers to the value of this in the surrounding context, which in this case is the global object.

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QWhat does the this keyword refer to in the following code?
const user = { name: 'John', greet: () => { console.log('Hello, ' + this.name + '!'); } } user.greet();

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