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Nurmukhammed Duisekeyev
1,484 PointsDice JS
Hello world, I've downloaded the project files from this video, since I'm using my own text editor. I opened the dice.js (dice_finished folder) and I want to know full explanation of this code, can somebody help me with that, I do not understand the prototype method?
function Dice(sides) { this.sides = sides; }
Dice.prototype.roll = function () { var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.sides) + 1; return randomNumber; }
var dice = new Dice(6); var dice10 = new Dice(10);
console.log(dice.roll === dice10.roll);
1 Answer
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointsthe first line is the constructor of the Dice object. it takes a number of sides as an argument. the next line is the roll function that returns a random integer based on the number of sides, to simulate rolling the Die (Dice). the next line is the instantiation of two Dice objects, a normal 6 sided Die and a 10 sided Die. in the last line both Dice are 'rolled' and it looks like the rolls are compared and sent to the console.