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Monica Delgado
2,126 Points"Bummer: It looks like your getter method is not returning a value"
My code is not working, can someone please help me out
class Student {
constructor(gpa, credits){
this.gpa = gpa;
this.credits = credits;
}
stringGPA() {
return this.gpa.toString();
}
get level () {
if (this.credits > 90) {
return 'Senior';
} else if ( this.credits <= 90 && this.credits <= 61) {
return 'Junior';
} else if (this.credits <= 60 && this.credits >= 31) {
return 'Sophomore';
} else if (this.credits <= 30) {
return 'Freshman';
}
}
}
const student = new Student(3.9);
3 Answers
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 PointsI'm going to give an in-depth response below. If it's to convoluted for you (sometimes I don't get my thoughts down properly) then simply read the bolded statement for the answer. Feel free to ask for more clarity if you need it. Have fun coding!
There is a very subtle thing about if else-if chains that can be a bit weird with functions that require a return statement. You see in a general if-statement flow: the if-else chain. There are two total possibilities: If and else, thus if you have a return statement in both the if and the else then the function effectively has a return statement because at least one of them will run.
Visual Example
if(number < 10) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
The total possible values being either the number is less than 10 or it isn't. So this will either return true otherwise false.
However, in an if-elseif chain, the compiler for javascript can only know whether or not any of the else-if statements are valid at runtime. Understand? In comparison to the above example, the compiler doesn't have just two possible values. So it doesn't read as having a return statement.
To fix this, you must either add an else statement with a return value to your if-else chain, making it an if-else-if-else chain. And thus enforcing at least two values and thus allowing the compiler to determine that your function has a return statement associated to it. Or add a return statement at the end that will run if none of if statements or else if statement pass.
Add either an else statement with a return value in it for when none of the if or else-if statements pass. Or add a return statement at the end of your function that will return if none of the if or else-if statements pass. You also need to check your conditionals to make sure that the proper return values is being used.
jb30
44,807 Points } else if ( this.credits <= 90 && this.credits <= 61) {
should be
} else if ( this.credits <= 90 && this.credits >= 61) {
which can be further simplified to
} else if (this.credits >= 61) {
since only values for this.credit less than or equal to 90 are left at that point in the code. (If this.credit > 90 was true, your code returned 'Senior' and never got to the else statement.)
Mat T'Qartit
29,277 Pointsour conditional statement is returning the wrong student level.