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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Data Using Objects Access and Set Object Properties

Posted by Vy Nguyen
Vy Nguyen
4,350 Points

What am I missing?

Am I on the right track?

script.js 
var newYork = {
  population: 100, 
  latitude: '40.7127 N',
  longitude: '74.0059 W'
};

newYork.population: '8.406e6,
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Objects</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

nico dev
nico dev
20,364 Points
nico dev
nico dev
20,364 Points

Yes, you are, Vy Nguyen, almost there!

Just a remember a few things:

  1. The type (string, integer/number, etc.) of the object property's values matters. Check it again and you'll notice the population property is an integer, not a string (therefore, no quotation marks there unless you want it to be a string).

  2. The comma is used to separate different properties (key/value pairs), but not to end one. So the final comma should not be there.

  3. Most importantly, colon vs equals: colon is used when you define the object, like in this challenge above, right? But when you assign a value to a property is just like when you do it with a variable, with equals sign.

Does that clear things up a bit? Otherwise, feel free to follow up here, commenting your doubts.