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JavaScript Practice Object Basics in JavaScript Practicing Object Basics Practice Adding a Method to an Object Literal

Posted by Kylie Soderblom
Kylie Soderblom
3,890 Points

Your countWords() method is not returning the correct number of words.

const myString = { string: "Programming with Treehouse is fun!", countWords: function (){ return this.string.length; } }

I've tried return (this.string).length; I know I want the length method applied to the property 'string'. What am I missing?

mystring.js 
const myString = {
    string: "Programming with Treehouse is fun!",
  countWords: function (){
    return this.string.length;
  }
}

1 Answer

Kylie Soderblom
Kylie Soderblom
3,890 Points
Kylie Soderblom
Kylie Soderblom
3,890 Points

ok - reading thru other answers. Apparently, we need to split the string by spaces and then apply the length method. return this.string.split( ' ' ).length

Forgot that the string is one unit and not an array. It would have been helpful if they mentioned .split("") in the Get Help section.