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JavaScript JavaScript Quickstart Arrays and Loops Create an Array

Erik L
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Array error

I am having trouble displaying the third item in my array, what am I doing wrong?

script.js 
var snacks = ['Hot Cheetos', 'Snickers', 'Soda', 'Popcorn'];
console.log(snacks[0])
alert('snacks[2]')
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Arrays</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Elijah Quesada
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Elijah Quesada
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,965 Points

Wrapping characters between quotes will cause the JavaScript interpreter to output the content as a string.

console.log('snacks[2]') is a string.

Remove the quotes and it will output the 3rd item in the array

var snacks = ['Hot Cheetos', 'Snickers', 'Soda', 'Popcorn'];
console.log(snacks[0])
alert(snacks[2])