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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Create a Variable

Chiedozie Okoli
Chiedozie Okoli
842 Points
Posted by Chiedozie Okoli
Chiedozie Okoli
842 Points

Create a variable named myName but don't put anything in it yet

How do i do this?

scripts.js 
VAR myName;
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="scripts.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

JavaScript is a case-sensitive language, and the var keyword is typed in all lowercase. So if you simply change VAR to var like this:

var myName;

Then your code will pass the first task.

Chiedozie Okoli
Chiedozie Okoli
842 Points
Chiedozie Okoli
Chiedozie Okoli
842 Points

Thanks everyone for the help