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JavaScript

Marcus Alleyne
Marcus Alleyne
11,469 Points
Posted by Marcus Alleyne
Marcus Alleyne
11,469 Points

Looks like I am 974,937,600 seconds old and counting lol. Was there a better way to do it?

Here's the code:

const secondsPerDay = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay; console.log(There are ${secondsPerDay} seconds in a day);

const yearsAlive = 31; const secondsAlive = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay * daysPerWeek * weeksPerYear * yearsAlive console.log(I've been alive for more than ${secondsAlive} seconds);

1 Answer

Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,820 Points
Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,820 Points

Nothing too crazy, but since you already defined secondsPerDay you don't need to multiply secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay again for secondsAlive. You could rewrite it as:

const secondsPerDay = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay; 
console.log(`There are ${secondsPerDay} seconds in a day`);

const yearsAlive = 31;
const secondsAlive = secondsPerDay * daysPerWeek * weeksPerYear * yearsAlive;
console.log(`I've been alive for more than ${secondsAlive} seconds`);

Sidenote -- check out the "markdown cheatsheet" linked under the comment box for code formatting on the forum, that way we can read it easier and you won't lose the backticks around template literals :)