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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Getters and Setters Creating Getter Methods

Posted by Emil Storberg
Emil Storberg
3,533 Points

I cant find the { causing problem

It says there's a { where it shouldn't be, but I can't find it

creating_getters.js 
class Student {
    constructor(gpa, credits){
        this.gpa = gpa;
        this.credits = credits;
    }

    stringGPA() {
        return this.gpa.toString();
    }

    get level() {
      if (this.credits > 90) {
        return "Senior"
      } elif (this.credits >= 61) {
        return "Junior"
      } elif (this.credits >= 31) {
        return "Sophomore"
      } elif (this.credits < 30) {
        return "Freshman"
      }

    }
}



const student = new Student(3.9);

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

The challenge is just confused and complaining about the wrong thing. The main issue is that "elif" is not a keyword in JavaScript (it is in some other languages). Here, you probably want "else if".

Also, when doing a conditional chain, it's common to make the last case a plain "else" instead of another "else if" to be sure all cases get handled. For example, in this particular code, what would be returned if the credits are exactly 30?