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

Posted by Christopher Jauregui
Christopher Jauregui
1,967 Points

Finally, add a # symbol and lastName in uppercase to the end of the userName string. The final value of userName is "231

im just lost please help

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

var userName =(id.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>

1 Answer

Larry Coonrod
Larry Coonrod
5,041 Points
Larry Coonrod
Larry Coonrod
5,041 Points

The first part of the challenge is asking you to make the variable id to all upper case and assign the new value to username. You are on the right track, just drop the parenthesis surrounding the variable assignment. 

var userName = id.toUpperCase();

For the second part you want to concate the # symbol to the lastName and then concate the lastName variable to the userName. Remember we use the + symbol for that. and in this case # is a string item, so we need quotes around it. 

var userName = id.toUpperCase() + '#' + lastName.toUpperCase();