What if you wanted to have the speak method be determined from the type of animal?

Question

Say that you wanted the speak() method to be determined by the type of animal, would you be able to run an if statement like this:
```
class Pet {
  constructor(animal, age, breed) {
    this.animal = animal;
    this.age = age;
    this.breed = breed;
  }
  speak(){
    if( this.animal === 'dog') {
      console.log('woof');
    } else if (this.animal === 'cat') {
      console.log('meow');
    }
  }
}
```
Or would you run into a scoping issue?

KRIS NIKOLAISEN · Accepted Answer

Here is a detailed article (https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-visual-guide-to-javascript-variable-definitions-scope-2717ad9f0169/) on variables and scope where he states
The this keyword is used to define object properties. Once defined in constructor, they become available for access in all class methods via the this keyword
So yes this.animal is available to the speak() method

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What if you wanted to have the speak method be determined from the type of animal?

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