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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Objects Methods

Posted by Andrew Fu
Andrew Fu
1,477 Points

On 'andrew' and 'ryan' set greet method to genericGreet. Not sure exactly what this question means; below is my answer.

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

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

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

'''

3 Answers

Ben Rubin
Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 Points

Remove the (); after genericGreet. Having the parenthesis means that you are defining the function.

You would use the parenthesis after the function if you were going to define the body of the function inside of your object. Something like this

var ryan = {
   name: "Ryan",
   greet: function() { return "Hello, my name is " + this.name; }
}
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

genericGreet is a variable that contains a function. You are calling it like it's a function.

perry carbonell
perry carbonell
20,106 Points
perry carbonell
perry carbonell
20,106 Points

thanks Andrew for this post. I was also stuck..

This question should be reworded as the word "genericGreet" threw me off