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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Object Basics Creating Object Literals

Posted by Susan Stufflebean
Susan Stufflebean
7,466 Points

What am I doing wrong? It is telling me the value for inTurn should be true, that is what I have???

Help

object.js 
const player1 = {
  name: 'Andrew',
  color: 'red',
  isTurn: 'true',

}

3 Answers

Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points
Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points

You have entered true, as a string. Remove the single quotes and it should work. true/false are part of a primitive datatype in javascript called a "Boolean". When you write the values inside quotes, you turn them into a string, which is another primitive datatype.

Seth Seymour
Seth Seymour
4,963 Points
Seth Seymour
Seth Seymour
4,963 Points

You have true as a string value. True and false are boolean data types and do not require quotes

Susan Stufflebean
Susan Stufflebean
7,466 Points
Susan Stufflebean
Susan Stufflebean
7,466 Points

Thanks, it worked just great after I removed the quotes.