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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Arrays Methods: Part 1

Jamie Bradley
Jamie Bradley
7,148 Points
Posted by Jamie Bradley
Jamie Bradley
7,148 Points

Adding a variable to an array with unshift

I'm at the point where I need to add the variable 'firstWord' to the array 'saying'. I've typed: saying.unshift('firstWord'); and the quiz returns that I haven't used the unshift or firstWord. What am I missing?

1 Answer

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

You want to pass the variable to the unshift method saying.unshift(firstWord); not a string — notice the lack of quotation marks. If you add '' around firstWord it's not a variable anymore, it's a string literal.