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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Objects Prototypes: Part 1

Dominic Bryan
Dominic Bryan
14,452 Points
Posted by Dominic Bryan
Dominic Bryan
14,452 Points

Help With use of objects and arrays.

I have code here and would appreciate some help. I want to cut up the first element in my array (my name). I want to be able to change my object "myData" so that "fullName:" uses my function "cutName", so if I was the then type myData.fullName into console it would display two strings in splitting my name into first and last. as you can see I have accomplished this with the function I'm just not sure how to implement it into my object. any help appreciated.

var myArray = ['Dominic Bryan', 'dombguitar'];

function cutName (str) {
  myName = str.split(" ");
};
cutName("Dominic Bryan");
console.log(myName);

var myData = {
    fullName: cutName(myArray[0]),
    skype: myArray[1],
    github: null
};

1 Answer

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

I think the best way to accomplish what you are after would be to put cutName as a property of myData Object:

var myArray = ['Dominic Bryan', 'dombguitar'];


var myData = {
    fullName: myArray[0],
    cutName : function() { return this.fullName.split(" ")},
    skype: myArray[1],
    github: null
};

console.log( myData.cutName() );