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JavaScript

Daniel walls
Daniel walls
2,174 Points
Posted by Daniel walls
Daniel walls
2,174 Points

Hey everyone. Need help "combining and manipulating strings" in JS basics course

Finally, convert the string stored in role to uppercase letters. The final msg string should look similar to this: "Carlos Salgado: DEVELOPER".

let firstName = "daniel"; let lastName = "walls"; let role = 'developer'; let msg = "daniel" + " " + "walls" + ": " + "developer.toUpperCase";

this is my code and I cannot figure out what is wrong. When checking my work I receive this message..

Bummer: Make sure you're concatenating : to lastName and role.

3 Answers

Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
PHP Development Techdegree Graduate 48,637 Points

I mean like this:

let msg = firstName + " " + lastName + ": " + role.toUpperCase();

Although technically you can do it your way too; just move the toUpperCase() method outside like this:

let msg = "daniel" + " " + "walls" + ": " + "developer".toUpperCase();
Daniel walls
Daniel walls
2,174 Points
Daniel walls
Daniel walls
2,174 Points

ohhhh I see now!

Yes I can see now how it can work both ways. And I didn't realize that I was supposed to have .toUpperCase outside of "developer". That did the trick!

Thanks So Much.

Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
PHP Development Techdegree Graduate 48,637 Points

Please see the Markdown Cheatsheet on how to format code for better visibility.

Your code (edited for better visibility):

let firstName = "daniel"; 
let lastName = "walls";
let role = 'developer';
let msg = "daniel" + " " + "walls" + ": " + "developer.toUpperCase";

First, you should use the firstName, lastName, and role variables instead of typing "daniel", "walls", and "developer". Second, you need parentheses after toUpperCase.

Daniel walls
Daniel walls
2,174 Points
Daniel walls
Daniel walls
2,174 Points

thanks for the heads up about Markdown Cheat sheet, didn't know about that. but unfortunately I'm still getting an error message.

Bummer: Make sure you're concatenating : to lastName and role.

My code is written as seen here.

let firstName = "daniel";
let lastName = "walls";
let role = 'developer';
let msg = "daniel" + " " + "walls" + ": " + "developer.toUpperCase()";

you suggested that I use the firstName, lastName, and role variables instead of typing "daniel", "walls", and "developer. I'm not sure what you mean by that.

markjoseph7
markjoseph7
10,979 Points
markjoseph7
markjoseph7
10,979 Points

try:

var msg = "daniel" + " " + "walls" + ": " + "developer.toUpperCase()";