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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Object Basics Filling Out the Play Method

Posted by Stephen Powers
Stephen Powers
12,091 Points

Not sure what I'm missing here

I'm supposed to write an empty if statement inside play to check if it's the player's turn, and I'm obviously missing something... but can't seem to figure it out.

object.js 
const player1 = {
    name: 'Ashley',
    color: 'purple',
    isTurn: true,
    play: function(){
     if (this.isTurn==true){
     }
    }
}

2 Answers

Alexander Lee
Alexander Lee
5,964 Points
Alexander Lee
Alexander Lee
5,964 Points

While your solution is not incorrect,

if (this.isTurn) {}

should suffice and also seems to be the answer they're looking for here.

Stephen Powers
Stephen Powers
12,091 Points
Stephen Powers
Stephen Powers
12,091 Points

Thanks Alexander. I’m a little confused at why that works. Is it because that key has a Boolean value and it’s understood upon calling it?

Alexander Lee
Alexander Lee
5,964 Points
Alexander Lee
Alexander Lee
5,964 Points

Yes, in Javascript and many other programming languages you can safely omit the ==true part altogether dealing with Booleans as it is implied.