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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine and Manipulate Strings

Posted by Caroline Louw
Caroline Louw
12,155 Points

how do i use the toUpperCase method in this code challenge?

app.js 
let firstName= "Lee";
let lastName= "Louw";
let role= 'developer';
var msg = "Lee " + "Louw" + ":" + role.toUpperCase;
Johnathan Guzman
Johnathan Guzman
7,432 Points
Johnathan Guzman
Johnathan Guzman
7,432 Points

Like so:

let firstName= "Lee";
let lastName= "Louw";
let role= 'developer';

let msg = `${firstName} ${lastName}: ${role.toUpperCase}`
console.log(msg)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Whenever you invoke a function, you must add parentheses after the function name. For example, to make Jonathan's suggestion of a template literal work, it would look like this:

let msg = `${firstName} ${lastName}: ${role.toUpperCase()}`;

You can also solve this with concatenation, but you need to use the variables by name and fix the string literals.