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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015) Introduction to Methods Returning Values

David Dehghani
David Dehghani
6,992 Points
Posted by David Dehghani
David Dehghani
6,992 Points

Object basics in JS help.

I feel like I'm close to grasping the concept of objects but I can't figure out what seems to be an easy question.

object.js 
var contact = {
  firstName: "Andrew",
  lastName: "Chalkley",
  fullName: function() { 
    this[firstName] + " " + this[lastName] 
                       };
    return fullName;
}
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

David, Hi. I see what you did and it looks like it should pass the challenge, but apparently not. I posted what passed for me. It's almost identical to yours

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

I just noticed you have the return for the fullName method outside that function. Maybe it will pass if you make that small change 

fullName: function() { 
    this[firstName] + " " + this[lastName] 
    return fullName;
};
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

:D

1 Answer

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points 
var contact = {
  firstName: "Andrew",
  lastName: "Chalkley",
  fullName: function(){
    return this.firstName + " " + this.lastName;
  }
}
David Dehghani
David Dehghani
6,992 Points
David Dehghani
David Dehghani
6,992 Points

I was so close. The syntax is JS is so tight, I'm always feeling like I'll miss something small. Thanks for the help!