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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine and Manipulate Strings

Posted by Adrian Storr
Adrian Storr
2,660 Points

this looks good but im missing something, can anyone help?

app.js 
let firstName = "Adrian";
let lastName = "Storr";
let role = 'developer';
const msg = firstName + lastName + 'developer' + '.';

4 Answers

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
8,377 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
8,377 Points

You're missing the semi-colon and it doesn't require the "." at the end. It probably wants you to consume the role variable in the concatenation operator (+role).

Robert Gulley
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Robert Gulley
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 10,722 Points
Robert Gulley
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Robert Gulley
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 10,722 Points

Hi Adrian! -

You're wanting your string to say: "Adrian Storr: developer". It's important to remember spacing when using the + in concatenation.

If you code:

const msg = firstName + lastName;

you are going to get: "AdrianStorr" as a result. To fix this, we need to add several + to the above code.

const msg = firstName + " " + lastName + ": " + role;

... should do the trick for you.

Yobani Cruz
Yobani Cruz
8,868 Points
Yobani Cruz
Yobani Cruz
8,868 Points

how do i uppercase developer??

can i get help here plz!

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
8,377 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
8,377 Points

it accepts:

let firstName = "Name";
let lastName = "Von LastName";
let role = 'developer';
let msg = `${firstName} ${lastName}: ${role.toUpperCase()}`;

but you could achieve a similar result for the msg using string concatenation (if they haven't covered the backtick syntax and string interpolation). So the last line in that instance might resemble:

let msg = firstName+ " "+lastName + ": "+role.toUpperCase();
Yobani Cruz
Yobani Cruz
8,868 Points
Yobani Cruz
Yobani Cruz
8,868 Points

how im i still getting it wrong it says : Bummer: Cannot read property '1' of null.