Testing Objects for Properties assistance request

JavaScript
1

Challenge Link -https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/testing-objects-for-properties

checkObj({pet: "kitten", bed: "sleigh"}, "gift")should return the string Not Found

Is the error I am encountering

function checkObj(obj, checkProp) {
  // Only change code below this line
   obj = {
    gift: "pony",
    pet: "kitten",
    bed: "sleigh",
    city: "Seattle",
  };

  if(obj.hasOwnProperty(checkProp)) {
  return obj[checkProp];
} else {
  return "Not Found";
}
 
  // Only change code above this line
}

Is my code. I tried to check for issues, but cannot muddle through this one.

2

Why are you redefining obj inside of your function?

It’s already being passed in as an argument to your function

3

When I try to run it without, then it refuses to pass any of it. Until I go back now and remove it and it works. This is getting kind of frustrating, when I originally tried it as just a if statement it bounced back, can you explain why that would me? I have had that happen a few times where something does not work, then it does.

4

You must have changed more than than just adding and removing the obj. Small changes have big impacts in code.

5

I am glad I fixxed it without thinking about it, but wish I knew what I fixxed.

6

Unfortunately, it’s impossible to know for sure unless you kept track of your changes.

7

Works for me with obj declared outside the function, which makes sense given it’s a param. Ran this in VSCode with node with no problemo:

function checkObj(obj, checkProp) {
    // Only change code below this line 

    if (obj.hasOwnProperty(checkProp)) {
        return obj[checkProp];
    } else 
    {
        return "Not Found";
    }

    // Only change code above this line
}

obj = {
    gift: "pony",
    pet: "kitten",
    bed: "sleigh",
    city: "Seattle",
};

let result = checkObj(obj, "wombat");

console.log(result);
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