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Emma Winston
1,154 PointsIntro to Programming 'objects' lesson - updating object as per video gives me a syntax error!
Hi,
I'm working my way through Introduction to Programming and despite following along with Jim's code exactly, I'm getting a syntax error when I try to update one of the values stored in an object.
The code is as follows:
var me = {
first_name: "Jim",
last_name: "Hoskins",
"Employee Number": 1
}
me.first_name: "James"
console.log(me.first_name);
console.log(me.last_name);
console.log(me["Employee Number"]);
console.log(me)
var key = "first_name";
console.log(me[key]);
In the video, this updates Jim's name in the console to 'James', but when I do it all I get is
SyntaxError: missing ; before statement
me.first_name: "James"
All I can think is that I've made a typo or something, but I can't find it. :/ Can anyone help?
1 Answer
zekegabrielse
1,650 PointsI think you're missing a few semicolons to close your lines. One is after your closing curly bracket on your first set of variables, and then on a few other lines.
var me = {
first_name: "Jim",
last_name: "Hoskins",
"Employee Number": 1
}; // First
me.first_name: "James"; // Second one
console.log(me.first_name);
console.log(me.last_name);
console.log(me["Employee Number"]);
console.log(me); // And third. Easy to miss!
var key = "first_name";
console.log(me[key]);