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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Objects Methods

Ethan Bagley
Ethan Bagley
5,044 Points
Posted by Ethan Bagley
Ethan Bagley
5,044 Points

Set the "greet" method

Challenge: set the 'greet' method as the 'genericGreet' function.

I added the following line:

greet: genericGreet ();

... but that isn't working. Any tips?

3 Answers

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Ethan,

This is a common (thus, very easy to make) mistake: in the line of code that you wrote, you're CALLING the method by adding the parenthesis at the end. If you want to set it as a value instead, simply omit the ( ) from the end (as well as the semi-colon, since you're inside an object) and you'll be good to go.

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

Erik

Ethan Bagley
Ethan Bagley
5,044 Points
Ethan Bagley
Ethan Bagley
5,044 Points

Thanks Erik. I dropped the parentheses in subsequent tries, but not the semi-colons... appreciate the clarification!

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

For sure! Glad I could help clear things up :)

Erik