Basic JavaScript - Testing Objects for Properties

FUNCTIONS AND THEIR PARAMETERS
Help! I don’t know how to access the checkObj(obj) function or maybe I’m not writing it right. In the return part of my code, what I’m trying to output is that whatever checkProp is, I want it to go to obj, check what the value is and return it. I’ve been stuck on this for days.

  **Your code so far**
function checkObj(obj, checkProp) {
// Only change code below this line
if (checkObj.hasOwnProperty(checkProp)){
return checkProp.obj;
} else {
return "Not Found";
}
// Only change code above this line
}
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Challenge: Basic JavaScript - Testing Objects for Properties

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There is no checkObj. The only two variables you have are obj and checkProp.

I’m not sure what you think this syntax does. Can you explain?

Okay so, the first question we need to ask is: what does the function checkObj do?

At the moment it seems to be taking in two parameters something called obj and something called checkProp.

In your post you said this:

whatever checkProp is, I want it to go to obj, check what the value is and return it.

So you are saying that checkProp is something related to obj right? In that case, do you think you should ask obj the question? Right now your code says

if (checkObj.hasOwnProperty(checkProp))

So you are asking “checkObj” not obj.
Does it make sense to ask checkObj this question? (Who would know the most about obj but obj?)

It’s for accessing the Object property

Accessing which object’s property?

Hmm you’re very right. Lemme adjust it

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Wow it just worked! Thank you so much!

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Anything checkprop might be. But thanks though. Ive already seen my mistake

I have one more question though. Why is it that dot notation wont work for the return, only bracket

Dot notation only works with the exact, literal property name. It doesn’t work with a variable holding a property name.

Really smart, thanks a bunch

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