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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Objects Methods

Michael Criste
Michael Criste
5,045 Points
Posted by Michael Criste
Michael Criste
5,045 Points

Please see code. I can't see what's wrong.

I tried taking the console.log out of the function, in case they didn't want it, but I still couldn't pass.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Objects</title>
    <style>
      html {
        background: #FAFAFA;
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Objects: Methods</h2>
    <script>


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

      var andrew = {
        name: "Andrew",
        greet: function genericGreet() {
          console.log("Hello, I am " + this.name);
          }
      };

      var ryan = {
        name: "Ryan"
        greet: function genericGreet() {
          console.log("Hello, I am " + this.name);
          }
      };

    </script>
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Michael,

genericGreet has already be defined, you just need to assign it to the greet property like so:

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

if you want to call it, you do:

andrew.greet()
Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,288 Points
Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,288 Points

I don't know what are you trying to do but this prints both names in the console

<script>
      function genericGreet(name) {
         console.log("Hello, my name is " + name);
      }

      var andrew = {
        name: "Andrew"
      }

      var ryan = {
        name: "Ryan"
      }

      genericGreet(andrew.name)
      genericGreet(ryan.name)
</script>
James Alker
James Alker
8,554 Points
James Alker
James Alker
8,554 Points

You don't need to recreate the genericGreet function in each object. The following should be fine:

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

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

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