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

nathaniel marquez
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nathaniel marquez
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nathaniel marquez
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I dont remember them talking about .toUpperCase in the previous videos ... so my question is WTH?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/toUpperCase

here is where im at and I have no idea what im supposed to do here. any and all help is very much appreciated.

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

var userName
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

andren
andren
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andren
andren
28,558 Points

Maybe you accidentally skipped a lecture? Working with Strings and Finding Help directly precedes the challenge and does introduce and explain both the toLowerCase function and toUpperCase function, starting at about 3 minutes into the video.

The basic challenges almost always ask you to use a function right after the lecture where it was introduced, so whenever you feel lost about a function it will usually help just to look at the previous lecture.