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JavaScript Practice Getters and Setters in JavaScript Practicing Getters and Setters Practice Creating and Accessing a Getter method

Posted by Amy Tomey
Amy Tomey
12,847 Points

Frustrated... even when I copied and pasted the solution for # 1... I got an error. Bummer: Unexpected identifier

I had tried everything, so out of desperation, I copied and pasted the solution for Challenge 1. and I got the same error... Bummer: Unexpected identifier. THIS is why I'm not sure I'm gonna make it... there's a problem and I can't find it.

Rectangle.js 
class Rectangle {
    constructor(width, length){
        this.width = width;
        this.length = length;
    }
}

get area() {
    return this.width * this.length;
}

const rect1 = new Rectangle(10, 5);
const rect2 = new Rectangle(6, 12);
const rect3 = new Rectangle(15, 20);

2 Answers

Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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The getter method should be inside the class.

Amy Tomey
Amy Tomey
12,847 Points

so... I did this:

class Rectangle {
    constructor(width, length){
        this.width = width;
        this.length = length;
    }
    get area() {
    return this.width * this.length;
}

const rect1 = new Rectangle(10, 5);
const rect2 = new Rectangle(6, 12);
const rect3 = new Rectangle(15, 20);

AND

class Rectangle {
    constructor(width, length){
        this.width = width;
        this.length = length;

get area() {
    return this.width * this.length;
    }
}

const rect1 = new Rectangle(10, 5);
const rect2 = new Rectangle(6, 12);
const rect3 = new Rectangle(15, 20);

Same error.

Amy Tomey
Amy Tomey
12,847 Points
Amy Tomey
Amy Tomey
12,847 Points

found the problem.... thanks for looking!