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Static Methods

This lesson explains what static methods are and how they are implemented using an example.

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What are Static Methods?

Methods that we define inside the class get assigned to the prototype object of the class and belong to all the objects instances that get created from that class.

Let’s consider the example of the class Student:

Javascript (babel-node)
class Student {
  constructor(name,age,sex,marks) {
    this.name = name
    this.age = age
    this.sex = sex
    this.marks = marks
  }
  //method defined in class gets assigned to the prototype of the class Students
  displayName(){
    console.log("Name is:", this.name)
  }
}
var student1 = new Student('Kate',15,'F',20)
student1.displayName()
console.log("Age:",student1.age)
console.log("Sex:",student1.sex)
console.log("Marks:",student1.marks)

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