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JavaScript Practice Getters and Setters in JavaScript Practicing Getters and Setters Practice Creating and Calling a Setter Method

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Backing Property

What is a "backing property"? I tried to google it but hardly any results came up.

Circle.js 
class Circle {
    set radius (_radiusm area, circumference)
}

const circ = new Circle();

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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A "backing property" is an instance variable where you store the value passed to a setter (or computed from it).