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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Working with Classes in JavaScript Creating a new class

John Yoder
John Yoder
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Posted by John Yoder
John Yoder
5,130 Points

Getting unexpected token for colon in the gpa property line

Why am I getting 'unexpected token :' for this code? Seems like a bug in the quiz.

creating_class.js 
class Student {
    constructor(gpa) {
    this.gpa: gpa
  }
}

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 90,797 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 90,797 Points

The colon syntax isn't quite right in this case. But that's only because you're defining an class constructor. In order to set this equal to a property simply assign the value with the equality (=) operator as you would any other variable. :-)

John Yoder
John Yoder
5,130 Points
John Yoder
John Yoder
5,130 Points

Figured it out -- replace colon with equal sign