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Gonzalo Torres del Fierro
Courses Plus Student 16,751 PointscreateTokens(num)
Teacher Ashley said: Note how when I call the create tokens method, I'm using the "this" keyword.
1:42 Indicating that the method I want to call is available on the object that we're
1:46 initializing
question: if we have more than one method initialized on the constructor, do I have to be more specific with the call?
we have:
constructor(name, id, color, active = false) {
this.name = name;
this.id = id;
this.color = color;
this.active = active;
this.tokens = this.createTokens(21);
this.otherStuff = this.OStuff(other); // this is the method added to create the question
}
do I have to call :
for (let i = 0; i < num; i++) {
let token = new Token(i, this.createTokens(21));
tokens.push(token);
}
in order to make a clear difference between this two objects?
1 Answer
Richard Rowland
16,574 PointsNo, because "this" refers to the specific object instance that the constructor creates, in this case a new player object. In your example;
this.tokens = this.createTokens(21);
this.otherStuff = this.OStuff(other);
"this" refers to the same object, that is the player object being created, not two different objects.