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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015) Introduction to Methods Understanding this

Posted by Jonathan Cost
Jonathan Cost
2,418 Points

are these not strings? "The `contact.firstName` should be a string and so should contact.lastName'

I removed the var declaration, but I still end up with an error: The contact.firstName should be a string and so should contact.lastName.

I rewatched the video a few times, but I still must not be comprehending something.

object.js 
var contact = {
  fullName: function() {
    firstName = "Andrew";
    lastName = "Chalkley";
    console.log(firstName + " " + lastName);
  }
}

2 Answers

Daniel Languiller
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Daniel Languiller
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Daniel Languiller
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Daniel Languiller
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Just need to move them out of the function.

var contact = {
    firstName : "Andrew",
    lastName : "Chalkley",
  fullName: function() {
    console.log(firstName + " " + lastName);
  }
}
Jonathan Cost
Jonathan Cost
2,418 Points
Jonathan Cost
Jonathan Cost
2,418 Points

Perfect - thanks. I thought I had tried that!

I had tried different attempts with the: firstName: "Andrew", lastName: "Chalkey",

but I had left them in the function, and then finally tried again with the way I listed it above.