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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine and Manipulate Strings

Posted by Khatia Bagaturia
Khatia Bagaturia
2,050 Points

please explain to me what AM I doing wrong ?

app.js 
let firstName = 'Khatia';
let lastName = 'Bagaturia';
let role = 'developer';

let fisrtName = "Carlos";
let lastName = "Salgado";
let role = 'developer';

let msg = firstName  + ' ' +  lastName + ': ' + role;

4 Answers

Heidi Fryzell
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Heidi Fryzell
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Heidi Fryzell
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Hi Khatia,

I think you just got confused by the directions.

The directions said to create a new variable named msg that combines the firstName, lastName and role variables to create a string like "Carlos Salgado: developer".

But the output should have your name. I think you got confused by the "Carlos Salgado: developer". So you ended up declaring all the variables two times. If you just do it once with your first and last name, this should work:

let firstName = 'Khatia';
let lastName = 'Bagaturia';
let role = 'developer';

let msg = firstName  + ' ' +  lastName + ': ' + role;

Hope this helps. Happy coding!

Heidi

Khatia Bagaturia
Khatia Bagaturia
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Khatia Bagaturia
Khatia Bagaturia
2,050 Points

thanks ! now I know whats up :D

Khatia Bagaturia
Khatia Bagaturia
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Khatia Bagaturia
Khatia Bagaturia
2,050 Points

But I did wrote exactly like that still can not read

Heidi Fryzell
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The code I posted above will pass task 1 and 2 of the challenge. Are you having a problem with one of those or with task 3 where you need to make the role output in uppercase?

Sean Bowden
Sean Bowden
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Sean Bowden
Sean Bowden
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Hi Heidi, I'm having trouble with task 3 converting the role output in upper case. This is what I have. Can you help? let firstName = ("Sean"); let lastName = ("Bowden"); let role = 'developer' let roleUpper = "role.toUpperCase()"; var msg = firstName + ' ' + lastName + ":" + roleUpper + ".";