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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables The Variable Challenge Solution

B G
B G
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Posted by B G
B G
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How on earth was I supposed to know to use HTML to type the sentence?

Did I miss something in this course? I do not remember the teacher stating to use HTML to type the sentence. Also why does he actually type the opening and closing <h2> in the sentence? Couldn't you just use the words? I wouldn't have figured this out without watching the video. Unable to complete the task on my own.

3 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! The last instruction of the story-making game challenge is this (in the video):

  1. Print the story to the browser window.

In the workspace you'll find a slightly different set of instructions with an additional clue:

  1. Print the resulting story to the browser using the document.write() command.

We print to the browser by using document.write. And, of course, the browser renders HTML (among other things). You can use HTML tags but you don't have to. Any document.write will add the strings (with or without HTML tags) to the body. Text that doesn't contain HTML tags will inherit any stylings that the body might have. He didn't have to use the <h2> tags, but he wanted to make it stand out a bit. To be clear, these extra challenges are just that. They are challenges to help you practice.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Swedina Yolanda
Swedina Yolanda
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Swedina Yolanda
Swedina Yolanda
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Just a suggestion, perhaps the teacher could explain why he used the <h2> tag, in the video. I'm just afraid some students make a wrong assumption (the majority of students won't read this thread anyway).

Thanks for the great and comprehensive answer.

tal Shnitzer
tal Shnitzer
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tal Shnitzer
tal Shnitzer
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why does he use the HTML <h2> of the HTML? I did it w/o and it worked just fine.

what was the contribution of the h1?

Jennifer Schultz
Jennifer Schultz
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Jennifer Schultz
Jennifer Schultz
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The <h2> tags are just to make the font larger so it's more readable. I initially did this without any html and it came out fine but the text was tiny, so I added the h2 tags to make it larger. :)

Hanan Fadah
Hanan Fadah
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Hanan Fadah
Hanan Fadah
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It is best to learn HTML and CSS before jumping into Javascript.

Byron Farrow
Byron Farrow
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Byron Farrow
Byron Farrow
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I'd say yes. At least the basics. JavaScript's main purpose is to provide additional functionality to web pages, so it makes sense.