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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Objects Call and Apply

sven molhuijsen
sven molhuijsen
7,091 Points

cant find a solution for this question

i cant find a solution to the folowing codechalenge

Set the 'greeting' variable, on line 29, by using the 'genericGreet' function in the context of 'andrew' with the array of arguments, 'args1'.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Objects</title>
    <style>
      html {
        background: #FAFAFA;
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Objects: Call and Apply</h2>
    <script>
      var genericGreet = function(name, mood) {
        name = name || "you";
        mood = mood || "good";
        return "Hello " + name + ", my name is " + this.name +
          " and I am in a " + mood + " mood!";
      }

      var andrew = {
        name: "Andrew"
      }

      var args1 = ["Michael", "awesome", ":)"];

      var greeting = genericGreet;
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

can you help me by give the solution, i've tried some things but can't find a solution...

2 Answers

Gregory Serfaty
Gregory Serfaty
37,140 Points

you need to do this

var greeting = genericGreet.apply(andrew, args1);
sven molhuijsen
sven molhuijsen
7,091 Points

thnx gregory, i had the same solution but then it did'nt work, i guess it was a typo. this one works good.

thnx