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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Getters and Setters Creating Getter Methods

Mary Pienzi
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OOP getter methods: returning "unexpected token >" Usually this means I have a syntax error, but I'm not sure.

It's just a syntax problem right? If that's the case then i should be able to see it.

creating_getters.js 
class Student {
    constructor(gpa, credits){
        this.gpa = gpa;
        this.credits = credits;
    }

    stringGPA() {
        return this.gpa.toString();
    }

  get level(){
    switch(this.credits){
      case > 90:
        return "Senior";
        break;
      case >= 61:
        return "Junior";
        break;
      case >= 31:
        return "Sophomore";
        break;
      case < 31:
        return "Freshman";
        break;
    }
}

const student = new Student(3.9, 54);

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Mary Pienzi — Did you mean to mark your own comment as "best answer"? :see_no_evil:
(You can still change it)

Steven Parker
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The cases in a "switch" statement need to have values that will be compared to the switch argument. The "case" itself is not a variable or parameter.

For more details on proper usage and syntax, see the MDN page for switch.

Since this function involves value ranges instead of specific values, an "if/else if" chain might be more useful than a "switch".

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Mary Pienzi
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Thanks for the tip. I changed it to an if/else if chain but its now coming back with "Your conditional statement is returning the wrong student"

Now when I run the exact same code in a browser it returns the expected value.

class Student {
    constructor(gpa, credits){
        this.gpa = gpa;
        this.credits = credits;
    }

    stringGPA() {
        return this.gpa.toString();
    }

  get level(){
    if(this.credits >= 90){
      return "Senior";
    }else if(this.credits >= 61 && this.credits < 90){
      return "Junior";
    }else if(this.credits >= 31 && this.credits < 61){
      return "Sophomore";
    }else{
     return "Freshman";
    }
  }
}
const student = new Student(3.9, 93);

WHAT am I missing?

Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
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The instructions say "If the student has 90 or fewer credits ... they are a 'Junior'."

But this code considers 90 credits to be a "Senior".