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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Getters and Setters Setters

AJ Jhaveri
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AJ Jhaveri
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String interpolation for setter video example not working.

I'm not getting the owner string for ${owner} in the setters oojs video example.. any ideas? syntax is the exact same as in the video. the string interpolation is not occurring for some reason.

I have:

set owner(owner) { this._owner = owner;
console.log('setter called: ${owner}'); }

but am getting the following in my console:

[after] treehouse:~/workspace$ node Pet.js
setter called: ${owner}

This works fine: console.log('setter called:' + owner); but not console.log('setter called: ${owner}'); for some reason.

3 Answers

It looks like you are using single quotes instead of backticks. The backtick key is to the left of the number 1 key.

This:

'setter called: ${owner}'

should be this:

`setter called: ${owner}`

Here is an MDN article and a page from Stack Overflow.