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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Review AJAX Methods and JavaScript Objects

What is the answer to this quiz

The question is: Finish the code below to display the object's "name" property in an alert box

1 Answer

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
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Hey Jonathan,

you can access the value of a property of an object via the dot-notation. First you write the object's name followed by a dot and then the property's name (which is also referred to as the key).

So this should work:

alert(contact.name);