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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Using String Methods

quynn smith
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quynn smith
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quynn smith
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Changing the Variable

I don't really understand what I'm doing wrong in this challenge. I'm supposed to be adding these strings together, which I am doing with '+', but it is saying that I am changing the variable.

app.js 
var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";

var userName = id.toUpperCase();
'userName#' + 'lastName'.toUpperCase();
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

quynn smith
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quynn smith
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quynn smith
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quynn smith
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Thanks Dale, I really appreciate it. Could you answer one more question? I just wanted to know why I had to add the '#' in quotes by itself and not grouped along with the string '#lastName'.toUpperCase();