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

David Avila
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David Avila
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Posted by David Avila
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David Avila
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code not working

I'm writing the code as instructed and following the previous example syntax but unfortunately when checking task 2, somehow task 1 gets broken (or so the error says)

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

var userName = id.toUpperCase();

userName += "#" + lastName;
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>

3 Answers

james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
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you are not quite doing what the challenge asks. the error causes it to say task 1 no longer passes. there's one thing you need to do to lastname to get the string they are asking for.

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
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Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

Sometimes the message from the challenges aren't that helpful.

The only problem is, you didn't call toUpperCase on the lastName variable when userName was updated.