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Maizere
Maizere

Reputation: 33

Object prototye property in Javascript

What attributes does the newly created property in prototye have that it cant be replaced see below::

Object.prototype.name="Maizere";
x=new Object();
console.log(x.name)//logs maizere
x.name="Pathak";

Instead of replacing the value of property with same name in prototye instead new property is created on object ,so i need to know everythig behind this confusing code

Upvotes: 1

Views: 49

Answers (1)

Niet the Dark Absol
Niet the Dark Absol

Reputation: 324750

When you create the new object (before setting its name), you have something like this:

Object
> prototype
  > name = "Maizerre"

So if you get its name, it looks first at its own properties, then at its prototype chain until it finds it.

At the end of the code, you have this:

Object
> name = "Pathak"
> prototype
  > name = "Maizerre"

Now when you ask for the name, it finds the one that's the property of the object itself, and doesn't go looking along the prototype chain.

Upvotes: 3

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