as you can see…
a. the request is done - but the interface said it’s not;
b. the interface is asking me if i did created a function called printPerson -but there is!
lame. just lame.
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Your code looks odd to me, but I’m not sure if it’s technically wrong or not. This is what I used and it worked the first time with no issue:
//BEGIN
var contacts = [bob, mary];
// printPerson added here
printPerson = function (person) {
console.log(person.firstName + " " + person.lastName);
}
printPerson(contacts[0]);
printPerson(contacts[1]);
//END
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i was just going deeper in function.
instead of giving to the function as argument the object name,
i gave the position in array.
and it is working perfectly, as it can be seen in output.
my main complain it’s about the error msg - inaccurate…
the second it’s about the fact that the exercise it’s done - working, output excellent - and the interface it’s not able to acknowledge that.
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I see. I think there are a few of these “gotchas” here on codeacademy (I know I’ve hit a couple myself). They definitely can be frustrating, but hey it’s a free service, so all-in-all pretty great IMHO.
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After console.log type a semicolon.
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Hi, I’m having the same issue.
var bob = {
firstName: "Bob",
lastName: "Jones",
phoneNumber: "(650) 777-7777",
email: "[email protected]"
};
var mary = {
firstName: "Mary",
lastName: "Johnson",
phoneNumber: "(650) 888-8888",
email: "[email protected]"
};
var contacts = [bob, mary];
var printPerson = function(prop) {
console.log(contacts[prop].firstName + " " + contacts[prop].lastName);
};
printPerson(0);
Oops, try again.
Did you create a function called printPerson?
How is everyone else getting the right answer?
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that was not it.
i filled all semicolons needed.
it just require to go up a level in the function - but it’s not explicit and it’s not verifying the result corectly.
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if you make the function working for any array (not just contacts) and you coll the function with contacts in argument you get the “pass”…
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so, (a) you’re saying that if it’s not payed it’s not supposed to be quality… and (b) to entitle yourself as a teacher for others - again - it’s not supposing to produce quality material…
I do not agree on any of those points, of course.
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Use this… Its work for me 
var bob = {
firstName: “Bob”,
lastName: “Jones”,
phoneNumber: “(650) 777-7777”,
email: "[email protected]"
};
var mary = {
firstName: “Mary”,
lastName: “Johnson”,
phoneNumber: “(650) 888-8888”,
email: "[email protected]"
};
var contacts = [bob, mary];
function printPerson(person) {
console.log(person.firstName + " " + person.lastName);
}
printPerson(contacts[0]);
printPerson(contacts[1]);
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you did not understand my complain…
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@methodplayer78631, bashiros
It appears the problem is the fact that you are calling the function ‘printPerson(person)’ using 0 and 1 as if it were an array. The array in this exercise is ‘contacts’ and 0 ,1 refer to the positions of the two objects in it. You can call ‘printPerson()’ like samandrew81 suggested above ( i.e. printPerson(contacts[0]); ), but I was just trying to figure out what the problem is with your code.
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thank u…your suggestion helps a lot…
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Does anyone know why the option of “this” can’t be used in this exercise? How I should use it?
var bob = {
firstName: “Bob”,
lastName: “Jones”,
phoneNumber: “(650) 777-7777”,
email: "[email protected]"
};
var mary = {
firstName: “Mary”,
lastName: “Johnson”,
phoneNumber: “(650) 888-8888”,
email: "[email protected]"
};
I noticed that changing “this” for “person”, the problem is solved but… does anyone know why or how I should use the “this” in this exercise?
var contacts = [bob, mary];
// printPerson added here
function printPerson(person) {
console.log(this.firstName + " " + this.lastName);
};
printPerson(contacts[0]);
printPerson(contacts[1]);
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I think you can’t use this here because the function is not a method, just a free standing function. In this example from the previous Lesson (Introduction to Objects 1), you can see that the function becomes a method for the bob Object with the statement: bob.setAge = setAge;
// here we define our method using “this”, before we even introduce bob
var setAge = function (newAge) {
this.age = newAge;
};
// now we make bob
var bob = new Object();
bob.age = 30;
// and down here we just use the method we already made
bob.setAge = setAge;
bob.setAge(50);
// change bob’s age to 50 here
Without this association to an object, the function wouldn’t be able to figure out what the “this” referred. I think.
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Thank you for your right answer!
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For French people !
Au cas ou pour les “FR”
(3. afficher des informations sur nos contacts)
var bob = {
prenom : “Bob”,
nom : “Jones”,
telephone : “01 23 45 67 89”,
email: "[email protected]"
};
var marie = {
prenom : “Marie”,
nom : “Johnson”,
telephone : “02 34 56 78 91”,
email: "[email protected]"
};
var contacts = [bob, marie];
function affichePersonne(personne){
console.log(personne.prenom + " " + personne.nom);
}
affichePersonne(contacts[0]);
affichePersonne(contacts[1]);
var bob = {
firstName: “Bob”,
lastName: “Jones”,
phoneNumber: “(650) 777-7777”,
email: "[email protected]"
};
var mary = {
firstName: “Mary”,
lastName: “Johnson”,
phoneNumber: “(650) 888-8888”,
email: "[email protected]"
};
var contacts = [bob, mary];
// printPerson added here
function printPerson(person){
console.log (person.firstName + " " + person.lastName);
}
printPerson(contacts[0]);
printPerson(contacts[1]);
in printPerson function you used wrong object.property notation, in the description, “print out the person parameter’s firstName property by accessing it with a dot just like before. Then print a space, then their lastName in the same way.”
see the code which i pasted above, and try again
At first I did the same thing as ‘methodplayer78631’ did, and wondered why it is not working. I though it’s even better solution. Then I realized that the function printPerson would work only for array ‘contacts’.
Thanks.
Hello I don’t understand in this exercice how and why console.log( person.firstName +…
Where "person" is defined in the exercice ? never, how the console can identify it then ?
It was logical for me to put contacts.firstName + .....