What is the hasOwnProperty function in JavaScript?
The hasOwnProperty function in JavaScript is used to determine whether or not a particular property belongs to a predefined object.
Syntax
Object.hasOwnProperty(property)
Parameters
The hasOwnProperty takes in only one parameter:
property- the name of the property to check. Can either be of typeSymbolorString.
Return value
The hasOwnProperty function returns a boolean value. If the property belongs to the object being tested, true is returned. Otherwise, false is returned.
The function only returns true if the property being tested is a direct property instead of an inherited one.
An inherited property is one that exists in the object’s prototype chain. A direct property is the object’s own property and does not belong to its prototype chain.
The function returns true for undefined or null direct properties of the object as well.
Example
The program below demonstrates how to use the hasOwnProperty function. We declare an object named person, which contains the first name, last name, and age of a person.
The hasOwnProperty function is called twice. The first call checks whether or not the property fname, which corresponds to the person’s first name, is a direct property of the object person. true is returned since fname is a direct property of person.
In the second call, the function checks whether or not the hasOwnProperty method belongs to the object person. Since it is an inherited property, the function returns false.
The return value is printed onto the console using the console.log function:
// declare an object named personconst person = { fname: "John", lname: "Kent", age: 40};console.log(person.hasOwnProperty('fname'));// outputs trueconsole.log(person.hasOwnProperty('hasOwnProperty'));// outputs false
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