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JavaScript

Posted by msdsmd sm,dfsadf
msdsmd sm,dfsadf
1,124 Points

Why do some method do not have key and the function keyword.

<script>
 let Greet= {
 "name":"Jogn",
 sayHi(){
 alert('HI')

 }
 }
 Greet.sayHi()
</script>

1 Answer

Yoan Herrera
Yoan Herrera
21,137 Points

Because in this case the “name” is the key and “John” is the value. Key is usually used for loops so you know what’s being returned. But you can call it anything.
The function doesn’t have the function keyword as in this case is inside a variable and is being defined as an arrow function just like ()=> alert(“Hi”). In this case you need to give it a name so you can call it using the Greet.sayHi. Otherwise anytime you call Greet the function will run.

I may be wrong since I haven’t used JavaScript in a while but I far as I can remembers that the theory