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JavaScript

Jack Duong
Jack Duong
6,324 Points
Posted by Jack Duong
Jack Duong
6,324 Points

Having trouble calling function in console. What did I do wrong?

 var genericGreet = {greet:function() {
        return "Hello, my name is " + this.name;
      }};

      var andrew = {
        name: "Andrew",
        greet:genericGreet
      };

      var ryan = {
        name: "Ryan",
        greet: genericGreet
      };

I've tried ryan.greet() which gives me "object is not a function"; ryan.greet gives me "Object {greet: function}"

I'm unable to get the return value for the function

Jack Duong
Jack Duong
6,324 Points
Jack Duong
Jack Duong
6,324 Points

This is the link to the challenge btw http://teamtreehouse.com/library/methods-3

  • which I passed.

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Jack,

The code that you have posted does not pass the challenge for me.

You have correctly set the greet method to the genericGreet variable but you should not have modified that variable at the top.

It was set to a function and you have changed it to an object. genericGreet is no longer a function now but an object.

var genericGreet = function() {
        return "Hello, my name is " + this.name;
      }

      var andrew = {
        name: "Andrew",
        greet: genericGreet
      }

      var ryan = {
        name: "Ryan",
        greet: genericGreet
      }
Jack Duong
Jack Duong
6,324 Points
Jack Duong
Jack Duong
6,324 Points

Thanks! Can't believe I missed that. I really have to work on my attention to detail.