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Christian Espinola
1,192 PointstoUpperCase confusion
I'm confused as to why i can't get this question right, any guidance? I'm lost on this, i THINK I'm doing it right, but obviously not lol
var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";
(id.toUpperCase());
var userName= (id)
<!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
David Bath
25,940 PointsYou aren't assigning the value correctly to the variable. I hate to just give you the answer, but this is how to assign the uppercase value to the new variable:
var userName = id.toUpperCase();
Mason Burdette
2,547 PointsOkay so first off all, toUpperCase makes the value in all upper case letters (ex, test -> TEST). The only problem you made is your format/syntax, David Bath told you how to fix it. Here is how just incase.
var lowerCase = "test"
var upperCase = lowerCase.toUpperCase();
upperCase now equals "TEST"
Christian Espinola
1,192 Pointsthank you so much, I'm learning a lot through these courses!
Mason Burdette
2,547 Pointsthat's great! I'm learning so much too! good luck.