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

Paul Naber
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Paul Naber
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What is the final outcome supposed to be ?

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

var userName = id.toUpperCase() + '#' + lastName.toUpperCase();
document.write(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>

2 Answers

You have it correct:

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

Are you getting an error message?

Paul Naber
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Paul Naber
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Yea i got errors but I did it now:) thx a lot:) But the question was not super clearly to me at the beginning as well :O An example outcome would have been nice but I was probably just to stupid :D

Greetings Paul :)