Methods in Objects

This lesson teaches about methods in objects, how to declare them, and using the "this" keyword to set and get values in methods.

As discussed earlier, an object contains properties where the property value can either be some value or a function. In case, the property is a function it is referred to as an object method.

this Keyword

Let’s consider a scenario where you have an object named employee with properties name, age and designation. Now you are required to write an object method display() that returns the designation of that employee. The first approach that comes to mind is something like this:

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