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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Create a variable with a string

jack Sandberg
jack Sandberg
1,659 Points
Posted by jack Sandberg
jack Sandberg
1,659 Points

What is wrong with this?

i dont understand what's wrong?

app.js 
var player = "\'jasmine\'" ;
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

Chris Gutierrez
Chris Gutierrez
6,911 Points
Chris Gutierrez
Chris Gutierrez
6,911 Points

you should just be calling it as following. var player = 'Jasmine'.

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey Jack,

you only have to put one pair of quotes around your string. Also you would only use a backslash when you want to escape a quotation mark inside of a string that uses the same kind of quotation mark. Besides that also take care that you write the exact same string the challenge wants you to write so in this case you have to write a capital "J" in the beginning of the name "Jasmine".

Like so:

var player = "Jasmine";

I hope that helps! :)