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Posted by rachelc
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rachelc
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,352 Points

Object literals inside array literals - what am I doing wrong?

I am trying to put an object literal inside an array literal. Here is my code:

var objects = [ {property1: "value1", "value2"}, {property2: "value3", "value4"}, {property3: "value5", "value6"} ];

I don't understand the error ("Task 1 is no longer passing.") What am I doing wrong?

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
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Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Could you possibly link the code challenge to this post?

rachelc
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rachelc
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,352 Points

Here is the link to the code challenge: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-loops-arrays-and-objects/tracking-data-using-objects/create-an-array-of-objects

4 Answers

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
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Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Rachel,

Basically the task asks you to create 3 objects inside an array and each object is to have a pair which is 2 properties and the corresponding values for them. So what your code contains isn't a pair because you have multiple values (not one value per property). See the following code below that I have conjured up to pass the challenge and to show you what I mean if you are unsure:

var objects = [
  {
    name: "Steven",
    age: "23"
  },

  {
    name: "Stephen",
    age: "25"
  },

  {
    name: "Stefan",
    age: "27"
  }

];
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,929 Points

Objects are composed of property/value pairs. You can only have one value associated with each property.

rachelc
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rachelc
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,352 Points

But I wrote {property1: "value1", "value2"} -- isn't that two different values?

Julien riera
Julien riera
14,665 Points
Julien riera
Julien riera
14,665 Points

Yeah,

Otherwise, maybe adding square brackets ([]), for instance, before and after your values list could also solve this.

Julien riera
Julien riera
14,665 Points
Julien riera
Julien riera
14,665 Points

Hello,

Try one of this :

var objects = [ {property1: "value1"}, {property2: "value3"}, {property3: "value5"} ];

Or

var objects = [ {property1: ["value1", "value2"]}, {property2: ["value3", "value4"]}, {property3: ["value5", "value6"]} ];

Or, the one you should do to me

var objects = [ {property1 : "value1", property2: "value2"}, {property3: "value3", property4: "value4", property5: "value5"} ];

To add several values to a property, thus more than one, you have to use an array or an object. So what do I suggest here : 1) Only 1 value per object, which should work fine. 2) Wrap your values with [] to make one array of several values for one property. (Here an object) 3) each pair of {} means one object containing several properties separated by a coma. Once again, this is the solution to me here.

One more thing, just to be sure, your task1 should look like : var objects = [];

Let's stay tuned :)