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

Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett
3,658 Points
Posted by Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett
3,658 Points

Task 1 no longer processing?????

I've tried every single way of writing this based on what I've just been taught but every time it just comes back with "Task 1 is no longer processing"

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

var userName = id.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>

3 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! The answer submitted by Tsenko Aleksiev will work just fine. But it is doable on one line of code which makes the whole thing a little more readable (in my opinion).

On a side note, when you get a "Task 1 is no longer passing" message, it's most often because you've introduced a syntax error and the code can no longer be interpreted. Unfortunately, I have no idea what you've tried thus far, so I cannot pinpoint any syntax error you might have had.

As stated, you can achieve the results required for this challenge on one line of code:

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

This line takes the id and converts it to upper case. Then we place a hashtag in the middle using concatenation. And then turn the last name into uppercase also and concatenate it at the end.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
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Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points

Hi Jennifer! Thank's for the assist! I thought that it's better to learn how to do it the hard way first ( on more lines of code ) and to tackle the challenge one step after another because those are the basics, that's why I didn't show him the one liner. But I forgot to mention the most often reason why is "Task one..bla bla" showing, you're great, thank's again! :)

Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points
Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points

I think that this is your solution:

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

This is the first that comes on my mind. I don't know what you did on the second step that's not working. I am using string concatenation "+=" and I "stick the "#" symbol to the userName var, after that I stick to it the lastName var but in upper case. That's it :)

Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett
3,658 Points
Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett
3,658 Points

Thank you, it's good to see both ways. Looking at the 2 answers I really can't see where I was going wrong because I'm pretty sure I used the shorter version at one point, but as you say, I imagine I had a syntax error in there somewhere