Object methods in JavaScript with bracket notation

Question

var employee = {
  ["Last Name"]: "Smith",
  ["First Name"]: "Josh",
  ["Full Name"]: function() {
    return this["First Name"] + this["Last Name"]
  }
};
document.write("Good day" + this["Full Name"])

I'm currently learning JavaScript and I wanted to create an object with properties in two words using the bracket notation, unfortunately it gives me a result of Good dayundefined instead of Good day Josh Smith. I don't know what supposed to be the problem of my code...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3127429/how-does-the-this-keyword-work — Barmar, Mar 31 '18 at 00:03
You'll need to invoke the function to get the result you want. You're just writing the function itself, not it's return value. So change to `document.write("Good day" + employee["Full Name"]())`, note the extra set of parens at the end. — CRice, Mar 31 '18 at 00:03

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '18 at 00:05

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Two problems.

You need to use employee["First Name"], not this["First Name"], since you're not inside an object method.
You need to call the function with ().

var employee = {
  ["Last Name"]: "Smith",
  ["First Name"]: "Josh",
  ["Full Name"]: function() {
    return this["First Name"] + this["Last Name"]
  }
};
document.write("Good day" + employee["Full Name"]())

answered Mar 31 '18 at 00:05

Barmar

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Thank you so much! I'm currently learning JavaScript and your remarks with those problems are very helpful. Thank you. – Jake Go Mar 31 '18 at 00:18

Ori Drori · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-31T00:09:00.497

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Convert "Full Name" to a getter, and refer to employee instead of this when you call it:

var employee = {
  "Last Name": "Smith",
  "First Name": "Josh",
  get "Full Name"() { // convert to getter
    return `${this["First Name"]} ${this["Last Name"]}`;
  }
};

document.write("Good day " + employee["Full Name"]) // refer to  employee instead of this

edited Mar 31 '18 at 00:09

answered Mar 31 '18 at 00:05

Ori Drori

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Can you explain the reason behind wrapping `this["Last Name"]` and `this["First Name"]` inside the double bracket , knowing that it work fine without them ? – Abslen Char Mar 31 '18 at 00:08
You need to use the bracket notation to get the value. If you're talking about the curly brackets - this is an expression inside a [template literal](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals). – Ori Drori Mar 31 '18 at 00:10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 31 '18 at 00:06

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var employee = { 
  "Last Name":"Smith", 
  "First Name":"Josh",
  "Full Name": function() {
    return  this["First Name"] +" "+ this["Last Name"];
  }
};
document.write("Good day " + employee["Full Name"]());

answered Mar 31 '18 at 00:06

Javier S

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Object methods in JavaScript with bracket notation

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