I left this lesson for a bit to study Ruby. Now, when coming back, I need a refresher as to how to structure this.

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So, I'm inserting a function, which is set equal to a variable, and I'm putting it inside an object's profile. Please help with syntax. Thank you.

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Objects</title>
    <style>
      html {
        background: #FAFAFA;
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Objects: Methods</h2>
    <script>


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

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

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

    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Answer 1 · 2015-02-20T19:31:46Z

February 20, 2015 7:31pm

Hi Michael

You don't need to pass an argument to the genericGreet methods; this.name will refer to the name property in each object. So, for example, if you were to call ryan.genericGreet, the return value would be "Hello, my name is Ryan".

Answer 2 · 2015-02-20T19:41:37Z

February 20, 2015 7:41pm

Hi Michael,

You need to add a comma after each item in an object, except the last item. Leave the end of the last item without punctuation on objects so remove the semi-colon.

The function does not take any parameters so you don't need to specify any.

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

Happy coding! :)

Answer 3 · 2015-02-20T19:51:18Z

February 20, 2015 7:51pm

Thank you! I guess getting comfortable with syntax takes repetition and practice. It was simpler than I had thought.

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