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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Working with Classes in JavaScript Adding methods to classes

Posted by Ryan Wikle
Ryan Wikle
5,774 Points

Converting to a string

My code is not logging a string to the console. What am I doing wrong?

adding_methods.js 
class Student {
    constructor(gpa){
        this.gpa = gpa;
    }
  stringGPA() { let GPA =this.gpa;
               let string= GPA.toString();
    console.log(string);}
}

const student = new Student(3.9);

2 Answers

jb30
jb30
44,806 Points
jb30
jb30
44,806 Points

Have you called the function stringGPA() anywhere? You've created a Student, which runs the constructor and sets the gpa, but your code does not have a line that says student.stringGPA(). If the function isn't run, then it won't log anything to your console.

For the challenge, you are supposed to return the string, not log it in the console.

Daniel Spykstra
Daniel Spykstra
8,496 Points
Daniel Spykstra
Daniel Spykstra
8,496 Points

I'm having the same problem. I came up with the same code but I keep getting: Bummer: Whoops, the value returned from the stringGPA() method is not a string.

class Student {
    constructor(gpa){
        this.gpa = gpa;
    }
  stringGPA() {
    let GPA = this.gpa;
    let gpaToString = GPA.toString();
    console.log(gpaToString);
  }

}

const student = new Student("3.9");

student.stringGPA();