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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015) Introduction to Methods Create an Object Literal

Sasha Ewan
Sasha Ewan
3,457 Points
Posted by Sasha Ewan
Sasha Ewan
3,457 Points

Don't understand why I can't pass task 2 of this challenge

I'm supposed to assign my name to the fullName property, but when I submit it just keeps saying Task 1 is no longer passing. I don't know what the error is.

object.js 
var contact = {
  fullName = "Stacy Wi";
};
Sasha Ewan
Sasha Ewan
3,457 Points
Sasha Ewan
Sasha Ewan
3,457 Points

also in posting, my colon was somehow turned into an equal sign. The code i'm actually submitting is:

var contact = { fullName : "Stacy Will"; };

But it won't let me pass.

3 Answers

Josh Haywood
Josh Haywood
5,621 Points
Josh Haywood
Josh Haywood
5,621 Points

You need to leave out the semicolon inside your object constructor. If you had more properties to define, you would use a comma, but the last property would not have any punctuation after except for the closing curly brace. You're looking for

var contact = { 
  fullName: "Stacy Wi" 
};
Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hi Sasha, The first part of the challenge wants you to create an object literal with no properties to the variable contact, which you did right. The 2nd part wants you to assign your name to the 'fullName' variable in the object literal. But since the object literal is empty, you need to assign the variable and the value together. So your code will look like this:

var contact = {};
contact.fullName = "Sasha";

Hopefully that makes sense to you. If not, please let the me know. Jason :)

Irfan Hussain
Irfan Hussain
Courses Plus Student 6,593 Points
Irfan Hussain
Irfan Hussain
Courses Plus Student 6,593 Points

Why did u repeat object its already assign.

fullName: "Sasha"

Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points
Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points

var contact = { fullName: "Ary de Oliveira" };