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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript Getters and Setters Creating Setter Methods

Brandon Thompson
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Brandon Thompson
Courses Plus Student 4,181 Points

Can anyone help me out? Error: Your setter method is returning the wrong value

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

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

    get level() {
        if (this.credits > 90) {
            this.major = 'Senior';
            return 'Senior';
        } else if (this.credits > 60) {
            this.major = 'Junior';
            return 'Junior';
        } else if (this.credits > 30) {
            this.major = 'None';
            return 'Sophomore';
        } else {
            this.major = 'None';
            return 'Freshman';
        }
    }

    set major(value) {
      this._major = value;
    }
}

var student = new Student(3.9, 60);

1 Answer

Rohald van Merode
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STAFF
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Rohald van Merode
Treehouse Staff

Hi Brandon Thompson 👋

You're currently always setting the backing property to be the parameter passed to the method. The challenge is asking you to only do this if the student their level is either "Junior" or "Senior". If that is not the case you'll want to set the backing property to be 'None' instead.

To implement this you'll want to add a conditional that checks for the .level of the student and depending on that condition you can provide a value to the _major.

I hope this helps to get you going again! If not let me know and I'd be more than happy to elaborate 🙂