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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Object Basics Filling Out the Play Method

Sophie Creutz
Sophie Creutz
501 Points
Posted by Sophie Creutz
Sophie Creutz
501 Points

play: function(){ if (this.isTurn === true) Why is this wrong?

play method. what is it asking that this does not fulfill?

object.js 
const player1 = {
    name: 'Ashley',
    color: 'purple',
    isTurn: true,
    play: function(){
        if (this.isTurn === true){
        }
    }
}

2 Answers

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Syntactically your code is correct, albeit a little redundant as isTurn is a boolean so it's going to return true or false anyway so really all you need is if (this.isTurn) {}.

There is likely something in the Challenge run-time code which explicitly is looking for a concise if statement or similar.

Good luck on the rest of the course!

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as Sean T. Unwin mentioned

const player1 = {
    name: 'Ashley',
    color: 'purple',
    isTurn: true,
    play: function(){
        if (this.isTurn) {

        }
    }
}