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JavaScript

Giles Lewey
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Giles Lewey
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,349 Points

How does get owner() have access to this._owner in the set owner() method?

Shouldn't this._owner be local in scope to set owner()? The code in question is

get owner() { return this._owner; }

set owner (owner) { this._owner = owner; console.log(setter called ${owner}); }

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The "this." prefix establishes the scope as the entire instance.