How do I return an object value inside an if statement?

Question

How can I make the line inside the if statement work?

const player1 = {
    name: "Ashley",
    color: "purple",
    isTurn: true,
    play: function() {
        if (this.isTrue) {
            return `this["name"] is now playing`;
        }
    }
};

Possible duplicate of [How can I do string interpolation in JavaScript?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1408289/how-can-i-do-string-interpolation-in-javascript) — Igor, Apr 25 '18 at 15:16
By using `return`. But I suspect you're actually asking something else. — Dave Newton, Apr 25 '18 at 15:17
Can you please clarify what you expect the code to do, and if you now are getting any erroneous output, that too. The return statement is itself completely valid. — Sami Hult, Apr 25 '18 at 15:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:15

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Replace the string with this:

return `${this["name"]} is now playing`;

answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:15

Sayegh

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:16

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Either make the property as isTrue or make the if statement variable check 'isTurn'.

answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:16

theAnubhav

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:16

For a start, the if statement won't be hit as isTrue isn't a vaiable in player1.

However:

const player1 = {
    name: "Ashley",
    color: "purple",
    isTurn: true,
    isTrue: true, // Do you need this?
    play: function() {
        if (this.isTrue) { // Or should this be "inTurn"?
            console.log(this.name + " is now playing");
            return this.name + " is now playing";
        }
    }
};

player1.play();

You can see this running here: https://jsfiddle.net/ohfu2kn6/

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 25 '18 at 18:17

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I think you're just referring to isTrue when you meant to use the property isTurn in your if statement.

const player1 = {
    name: "Ashley",
    color: "purple",
    isTurn: true,
    play: function () {
        if (this.isTurn) {
            return this.name + ' is now playing';
        }
    }
};

edited Apr 25 '18 at 18:17

bri

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answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:26

psevdomak

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score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 25 '18 at 17:03

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const player1 = {
name: "Ashley",
color: "purple",
isTurn: true,
play: function() {
    if (this.isTrue) {
        return this.name +" is now playing";
    }
  }
};

edited Apr 25 '18 at 17:03

odlp

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answered Apr 25 '18 at 15:18

jean-yves ruffin

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How do I return an object value inside an if statement?

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