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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Objects Methods

Posted by Lloyd Lee
Lloyd Lee
3,796 Points

Help with Javascript Methods Coding Challenge

So the return statement is throwing me for a loop in this coding challenge - I can't seem to figure out the answer. I tried to fix the code to exactly how we learned through the videos, but that's not working (unless I'm missing something). 

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

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


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

The original code is: 

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

  var andrew = {
    name: "Andrew"
  }

  var ryan = {
    name: "Ryan"
  }

And it's asking to set the 'greet' method on 'ryan' and 'andrew' as the 'genericGreeting' function.

1 Answer

Michael Jurgensen
Michael Jurgensen
8,341 Points

Hi Lloyd,

You don't have to modify the genericGreet function. Just add a method to each object and attach the genericGreet like this:

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

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

      var ryan = {
        name: "Ryan",
        greet: genericGreet
      }
Lloyd Lee
Lloyd Lee
3,796 Points

Thanks for the help Michael - I don't know why I was making it so hard on myself...