Why is socket.room undefined?

[ThijsH04]

In my project https://glitch.com/~abroad-hollow-knight I have the following lines of code:

io.on("connection", socket => {
socket.on("room", roomname => {
console.log("room: " + roomname);
socket.room = roomname;
socket.join(socket.room)
});
});

io.on("connection", socket => {
socket.on("column", column => {
console.log(socket.room)
console.log("column: " + column);
io.to(socket.room).emit("column", column)
});
});

in the first part, console.log(socket.room) gives the room I have put in somewhere else in the code, but in the second part, the console.log(socket.room) gives undefined. What have I done wrong?

[aboutdavid]

I’ve changed this to #coding-help and added the #websocket tag.

[CarlyRaeJepsenStan]

io.on("connection", socket => {
    socket.on("room", roomname => {
        console.log("room: " + roomname);
        socket.room = roomname;
        socket.join(socket.room)
    });
});

//add this:
console.log(socket.room)

io.on("connection", socket => {
    socket.on("column", column => {
        console.log(socket.room)
        console.log("column: " + column);
        io.to(socket.room).emit("column", column)
    });
});

The variable might not be accessible in the next function.

[ThijsH04]

This did not work. When I added console.log(socket.room) in it gives an error saying ‘socket is not defined.’

[CarlyRaeJepsenStan]

That must be your problem. Did you try re-installing sockets?