js - calling properties of objects

Asked Nov 12 '15 at 08:02

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If I were to make this object:

var usr = {
    function() {
        usr.name = prompt('What\'s your name?');
        // line 4
        usr.age = prompt('How old are you?');
        // line 6
        usr.clr = prompt('What\'s your favorite color?');
        // line 8
        usr.pref = prompt('Which strain of marijuana is your favorite?');
        // line 10
    }

, could I make this function:

function timedLog(p, d) {
    window.setTimeout(function(){
        console.log('Noted. You\'ve chosen: ' + usr.p + '.');
    }, d || 600)
};

My main concern is in calling the property: usr.p. I'm assuming the p will be replaced, so I changed my first input (usr.+p+'etc...') to the aforementioned. Am I correct in assuming this, if I were to call the function as so:

timedLog(clr, 500);

? Is this an instance where the this keyword word come into play: this.p?

asked Nov 12 '15 at 08:02

Phil C.

It is as simple as `usr[p]()` – Yeldar Kurmangaliyev Nov 12 '15 at 08:05
why are use it as a function? – LiranBo Nov 12 '15 at 08:05
No, `p` is not magically replaced by `clr`. – Bergi Nov 12 '15 at 08:06
Just sain', `usr = { function() { …` is a syntax error unless you're using ES6 – Bergi Nov 12 '15 at 08:07
@Bergi It hasn't been giving me any problems storing values. The function, on the other hand, is bothering me. – Phil C. Nov 12 '15 at 08:09
@LiranBo, I'm trying not to have to repeat myself so much in the script. – Phil C. Nov 12 '15 at 08:09
Also, I'm obviously trying to slow down the pace of the machine so it doesn't fly through prompts and logs. – Phil C. Nov 12 '15 at 08:13

js - calling properties of objects

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