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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Working with Classes in JavaScript Adding methods to classes

Posted by trottly
trottly
5,394 Points

Converting property value to string within class method is throwing an error.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. In order to convert the gpa to a string and then return it, is there a different way? I keep getting an error, saying that gpa isn't defined.

adding_methods.js 
class Student {
    constructor(gpa){
        this.gpa = gpa;
    } 
  stringGPA() {
    return toString(this.gpa);  
  }
}

const student = new Student(3.9);

1 Answer

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

Hi!

Your JS syntax is a bit off.

You should rework your return statement.

toString is a method for a number variable object (as well as several other types of objects).

So the proper syntax would be:

return this.gpa.toString();  // Since toString is a method, you need to call it with ().
// (This will return the number as a string)

(It passes with that line of code, by the way...)

More info:

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_tostring_number.asp

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/toString

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!