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

Jordan Duncan
Jordan Duncan
848 Points
Posted by Jordan Duncan
Jordan Duncan
848 Points

What does the workspace mean when it asks if I've called the .toUpperCase to "lastName" in the code below?

see code below. i cannot understand why this isn't valid. What does "Call the .toUpperCase" correction I'm getting mean? I'm very confused.

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

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

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Jordan, what it wants is for you to assign an all uppercase version of the id variable to the userName variable. To do that you use the toUpperCase() method on id and then assign the result to userName:

var userName = id.toUpperCase();
Jordan Duncan
Jordan Duncan
848 Points
Jordan Duncan
Jordan Duncan
848 Points

Oh! That makes sense. Thank you for explaining it to me.

Jordan Duncan
Jordan Duncan
848 Points
Jordan Duncan
Jordan Duncan
848 Points

Oh! That makes sense. Thank you for explaining it to me.

Jubin John
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Jubin John
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var userName = id.toUpperCase() + '#' + lastName.toUpperCase();