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

Posted by Tinashe Musuma
Tinashe Musuma
11,921 Points

I cant use my variable in the document.write function

The program says i did not provide the "player" variable to the doc.write function.

app.js 
var player = "Jasmine";
document.write ('player');
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

Luciano Bruzzoni
Luciano Bruzzoni
15,518 Points
Luciano Bruzzoni
Luciano Bruzzoni
15,518 Points

Hello, take out the quotes from "player", when using variables you don't need to use quotes since you already defined the variable player as a string when you said "Jasmine"

so try

document.write(player);

that should do it :)

Tinashe Musuma
Tinashe Musuma
11,921 Points
Tinashe Musuma
Tinashe Musuma
11,921 Points

Thanks! Worked