JavaScript-prototype Flashcards

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What kind of inheritance does the JavaScript programming language use?

A

prototype -based inheritance

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What is a prototype in JavaScript?

A

a prototype is an object that contains properties and methods that can be used by other objects

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How is it possible to call methods on strings, arrays, and numbers even though those methods don’t actually exist on strings, arrays, and numbers?

A

by using prototype objects

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If an object does not have it’s own property or method by a given key, where does JavaScript look for it?

A

In its prototype

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