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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine and Manipulate Strings

Dane Andrade
Dane Andrade
13,081 Points
Posted by Dane Andrade
Dane Andrade
13,081 Points

Below role, create a new variable named msg that combines the firstName, lastName and role variables to create a string

app.js 
let firstName = 'Robert';
let lastName = 'Ford';
let role = 'developer';
var msg = firstName + "" + lastName: + "" + role;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

There's a few issues:

  • the first literal string should have a space in it (instead of being empty)
  • the second literal string should have a colon and a space in it
  • the variable "lastName" should not have a colon after it