Javascript: template literals not returning ${} syntax output

Question

I am watching a YouTube video about learning javascript from some years ago, and in the video the code seems to work except on my VScode.

Here is the code, could you please let me know what I might have missed out:

function Person(firstName, lastName, dob) {
    this.firstName = firstName;
    this.lastName = lastName;
    this.dob = new Date(dob);
    this.dateBio = function() {
        return `${this.dob.getFullYear}`
    }

}

Person.prototype.fullName = function() {
    return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`
}

const person1 = new Person('James','Smith', '27 July 1967');
const person2 = new Person('Mary', 'Franklin', '5 November 1991')

console.log(person1.fullName)

See: [How to call a function in Javascript](https://stackoverflow.com/q/18258579) — Nick Parsons, Oct 09 '22 at 10:39

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '22 at 10:30

5

you have logged function reference only, you need to call the function.

console.log(person1.fullName())

answered Oct 09 '22 at 10:30

sasi66

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 09 '22 at 10:30

Well just display the result of the function after calling it, at the moment you display the function itself:

function Person(firstName, lastName, dob) {
    this.firstName = firstName;
    this.lastName = lastName;
    this.dob = new Date(dob);
    this.dateBio = function() {
        return `${this.dob.getFullYear}`
    }

}

Person.prototype.fullName = function() {
    return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`
}

const person1 = new Person('James','Smith', '27 July 1967');
const person2 = new Person('Mary', 'Franklin', '5 November 1991')

console.log(person1.fullName())

Javascript: template literals not returning ${} syntax output

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