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

Edward Kiefer
Edward Kiefer
2,077 Points
Posted by Edward Kiefer
Edward Kiefer
2,077 Points

Help required: Use the document.write() function to print the contents of the player variable to the page.

I can't get my second line of code to run -

var player = "Jasmine");

document.write("<p>player</p>");

What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks

app.js 
var player = "Jasmine";
docment.write("<p>player</p>");
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

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points
jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Edward,

If you take a look, you have a simple spelling mistake. You currently have docment.write() instead of document.write(). You'll also want to remove the paragraph tags and simply pass in the player variable.

var player = "Jasmine";
document.write(player);