Testing objects for properites

#1

// Setup
var myObj = {
gift: “pony”,
pet: “kitten”,
bed: “sleigh”
};

function checkObj(checkProp) {
// Your Code Here
if(myObj.hasOwnProperty.checkProp)
{
return myObj.checkProp;
}
else
{
return “Not Found”;
}

}

// Test your code by modifying these values
checkObj(“gift”);

I don’t understand what;s wrong with my code?

#2

Your logic and approach to the problem are spot on, but you are not using the hasOwnProperty correctly.

The syntax should look like --> // myObj.hasOwnProperty(“property you wish to check” ) //

Your conditional is asking whether there is a property nested on a property called "checkProp"
which would look like
var myObj={
hasOwnProperty:{checkProp:“Some Value…” }
}

I hope this was at all helpful, glad to help further if nothing I said was too clear. The instructions to the problem show how to use the the method correctly as well.

#3

That challenge only requires that you return true or false, so you can just do:

return myObj.hasOwnProperty(checkProp);

But, if you want to access the property’s value like your code tries to do, you need to use the bracket notation when accessing the object via a variable, e.g.:

return myObj[checkProp];
#4

// Setup
var myObj = {
gift: “pony”,
pet: “kitten”,
bed: “sleigh”
};

function checkObj(checkProp) {
// Your Code Here
if(myObj.hasOwnProperty[checkProp])
{
return myObj[checkProp];
}
else
{
return “Not Found”;
}

}

// Test your code by modifying these values
checkObj(“gift”);

unfotunately, still doesn’t work

#6

The challenge wants you to return a boolean (true/false), so you can just check it with the hasOwnProperty() function, as shown below. I only mentioned the brackets for general reference if you want to access a property when using a variable for the property name.

function checkObj(checkProp) {
    return myObj.hasOwnProperty(checkProp);
}
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#8

got it lol thankssssssssssssssssssssssssss

#9

so, it has to be written with if/return, else/return correct?

#10