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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Working with Classes in JavaScript Adding Methods To Our Class

Tibor Ruzinyi
Tibor Ruzinyi
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Posted by Tibor Ruzinyi
Tibor Ruzinyi
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Which of the following is the correct code for a method that will add a course to a student’s schedule?

Can anybody explain me please how and for what reason could we use this method written in this question?

The Q was :Which of the following is the correct code for a method that will add a course to a student’s schedule?

Code :

class Student {
   constructor(gpa, courses) {
       this.gpa = gpa;
       this.courses = courses;
   }

   printGPA() {
       console.log(this.gpa);
   }
}

const ashley = new Student(3.9);

Answer:

addCourse(course){
    this.course.push(course);
  }

2 Answers

William Ma
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yes, confirmed, you're right. addCourse(course){this.courses.push(course);}

Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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It's not clear from the quiz code what a "course" is; but assuming it's just a string, an example of using the new method would be to show that the student "ashley" created in the example is taking an Algorithms course:

ashley.addCourse("Algorithms");

However, for this to work correctly, a small bug in the quiz code must be corrected in one of two ways:

// either the student creation needs a 2nd argument:
const ashley = new Student(3.9, []);

// OR the constructor needs to supply a default:
   constructor(gpa, courses=[]) {