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

Posted by Dwight Schofield
Dwight Schofield
2,686 Points

What's wrong with this code?

any idea what's wrong with this code? ...I am assuming that the term 'assigning an upper case value of the "ID" variable to the "userName" ' variable means to add the value to it

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

var userName = 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>

1 Answer

Chris Davis
Chris Davis
16,280 Points
Chris Davis
Chris Davis
16,280 Points

In your userName variable you wrapped your id.toUppercase() in quotes which would make it a string. Should be...

var someVariable = someVariable + anotherVariable.toUppercase();

Hope that helps :thumbsup: