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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine and Manipulate Strings

Posted by Carl Mclamb
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Carl Mclamb
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 3,516 Points

string concatenation

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here. I would much appreciate it thanks!

app.js 
let firstName = "Carl"  ;
let lastName = "Mclamb" ;
let role = 'developer';
let msg = "firstName +" " + lastname + ": " + role + "." ;

1 Answer

Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,928 Points
Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,928 Points

Hey Carl Mclamb,

When you are concatenating you don't have to wrap variable names in quotes and you can remove period at the end.

Here's the final version:

let firstName = "Carl";
let lastName = "Mclamb";
let role = 'developer';
let roleUpCase = role.toUpperCase();

let msg = firstName + " " + lastName + ": " + roleUpCase;

Here's the link, if you want to learn more about concatenation: https://medium.com/@endubueze00/javascript-basics-string-concatenation-with-variables-and-interpolation-deba239debbe

Hope this helps!