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JavaScript JavaScript Quickstart Objects and Conditionals Create an Object

Micol Bellantoni
Micol Bellantoni
498 Points

Using dot notation exercise

Hello everybody, I need help with this exercise. I need to change the value score using the dot properties This is my code var player = { name:"bibi", color:"green", score:27 }; let score = {score:22}; let scores = scores.score; console.log(scores); Can you please help me?

script.js
var player = { name:"bibi", color:"green", score:27 };
let score = {score:22};
let scores = scores.score;
console.log(scores);
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Objects</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,723 Points

you need to use dot notation like so:

object.property = newValue
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

We don't need to create a new variable to adjust the score.

Since score is a member of player we can adjust that directly via player.score.