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Lesson 10 — Objects & methods
Behavior on data
Objects can hold methods — functions stored as properties. Write them with the short form name() { ... } inside the object braces, separated from other properties by commas. Inside a method, this refers to the object itself, so this.name reads its own name.
const dog = {
sound: "woof",
speak() { return this.sound; },
};
Why it matters: keeping data and the functions that use it together is the basis of classes and most JS libraries.
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Task
Add a greet() method to p that returns "Hi " + the name, then log p.greet().
Run your code — when the output matches the task, you will see a green check. Then mark the lesson complete.
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