--- id: 587d7b8b367417b2b2512b50 title: Write Concise Declarative Functions with ES6 challengeType: 1 forumTopicId: 301224 dashedName: write-concise-declarative-functions-with-es6 --- # --description-- When defining functions within objects in ES5, we have to use the keyword `function` as follows: ```js const person = { name: "Taylor", sayHello: function() { return `Hello! My name is ${this.name}.`; } }; ``` With ES6, you can remove the `function` keyword and colon altogether when defining functions in objects. Here's an example of this syntax: ```js const person = { name: "Taylor", sayHello() { return `Hello! My name is ${this.name}.`; } }; ``` # --instructions-- Refactor the function `setGear` inside the object `bicycle` to use the shorthand syntax described above. # --hints-- Traditional function expression should not be used. ```js (getUserInput) => assert(!__helpers.removeJSComments(code).match(/function/)); ``` `setGear` should be a declarative function. ```js assert( typeof bicycle.setGear === 'function' && code.match(/setGear\s*\(.+\)\s*\{/) ); ``` `bicycle.setGear(48)` should change the `gear` value to 48. ```js assert(new bicycle.setGear(48).gear === 48); ``` # --seed-- ## --seed-contents-- ```js // Only change code below this line const bicycle = { gear: 2, setGear: function(newGear) { this.gear = newGear; } }; // Only change code above this line bicycle.setGear(3); console.log(bicycle.gear); ``` # --solutions-- ```js const bicycle = { gear: 2, setGear(newGear) { this.gear = newGear; } }; bicycle.setGear(3); ```