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Liz Pineda
2,254 PointsWhy is jim = new Person("Jim"); outside of the function Person?
Could you put that in the constructor function?
2 Answers
Kim Cowart
32,918 PointsHi Liz,
It looks like Person is an Object containing the argument Jim?- so jim is a variable defined with the value of an instance of the object Person(Jim).
So, in other words jim is now actually holding or containing that function Person(Jim) was defined there.
I hope that helps?
chris gonsalves
Courses Plus Student 2,398 PointsWell, for one, it would have nowhere to start.
Person is a function that constructs an object when called.
When you type:
jim = new Person("Jim");
You're using that function to construct a new object and set it to the variable jim. In this line, you actually call the function.
Constructors aside, in general, you wouldn't want to call a function from within itself.