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JavaScript Introducing JavaScript Let's Make a Game Doing Things With Functions

Posted by A X
A X
12,842 Points

What is a method?

I'm not understanding the purpose of a method in JS. Is a method like a pathway to a code library?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

A method is kind of function. The name "method" is used when the function is part of an object.

Another way to put it would be to say a method is a property of an object that is also a function.

A X
A X
12,842 Points

Hi Steven, Good to "see" you again, and thanks for your help! :) I always wondered if method was the same thing as a function...and I appreciate the concise reply & some better understanding that no, they're a bit different.

Gary Street
Gary Street
2,813 Points

Thanks for the clarification Steven.