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JavaScript

Brett Carter
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Brett Carter
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Trouble incrementing object property - TicTacToe Project

Hello! I have a constructor function 'Game' which constructs a new game with a property "turnIndex" set to 0. The prototype function "startGame" of Game is supposed to set 'this.turnIndex' to 1, yet it is not working. Also, Game.proptotype.nextTurn() is supposed to increment turnIndex by one, which is not working either.

I tried declaring the new game (game1) as a global variable thinking scope may be an issue, but this was unsuccessful.

Below is the code and thank you in advance for the help!

let startHTML = '<div class="screen screen-start" id="start"><header><h1>Tic Tac Toe</h1><a href="#" class="button">Start game</a></header></div>';
let startScreen;
let startButton;
let player1;
let player2;
let game1;

let body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];

/*------------------- DOMContentLoaded Listener -------------------*/
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
    body.innerHTML += startHTML;
    startScreen = document.getElementsByClassName('screen-start')[0];
    startButton = document.getElementsByClassName('button')[0];

//event listener which creates the players and hides the start screen
    startButton.addEventListener('click',()=>{

        player1 = new Player (prompt('PLAYER ONE: Enter your name.'));

        player2 = new Player (prompt('PLAYER Two: Enter your name.'));

        player1.card = document.getElementById('player1');
        player2.card = document.getElementById('player2');

        $(startScreen).hide();

        game1 = new Game (player1, player2);

        game1.startGame();
    });

});

/*------------------- Constructor Functions -------------------*/
function Player (name){
    this.name = name;
    this.score = 0;
    this.card;
};

function Game (player1, player2){
    this.player1 = player1;
    this.player2 = player2;
    this.turnIndex = 0;
};
/*------------------- Prototype Functions -------------------*/
Game.prototype.nextTurn = () => {
    $(player1.card).toggleClass('active');
    $(player2.card).toggleClass('active');
    this.turnIndex += 1;
};

Game.prototype.startGame = () => { 
    this.turnIndex = 1;
    if(Math.floor(Math.random()*2 <=1)){
            console.log('starting game');
            $(player1.card).addClass('active');
        } else {
            $(player2.card).addClass('active');
        }
};

2 Answers

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hey, I believe you issue is in the prototype functions.

The arrow function expression does not have it's own 'this' and shouldn't be used for method functions.

Changing your code to this should fix your index issue:

  Game.prototype.nextTurn = function() {
    ...
  }

  Game.prototype.startGame = function() { 
    ...
  }