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

Posted by Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,818 Points

I am a little stumped on this one. Could i get some help here?

What am i not doing here

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

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

Andrew Hickman
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Andrew Hickman
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,013 Points
Andrew Hickman
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Andrew Hickman
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,013 Points

Hey Brian! The idea is to make it so that the variable userName = "23188XTR#SMITH". So you should concatenate the "#" and lastName.toUpperCase to the userName variable. Hope this makes sense, please let me know if you want clarification. Something like: 

var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";

var userName = id.toUpperCase();
//concatenate on userName variable
userName += "#";
//also add lastName to userName
userName += lastName.toUpperCase();