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JavaScript

Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Posted by Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Appending an array

I am trying to add the "firstWord" variable to the beginning of the array "firstWord". The error message comes back that task 2 is no longer passing. Can anyone help please?

var spareWords = ["The","chimney","sweep's","dog"];
      var saying = ["quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy"];
      var firstWord = spareWords.shift();
      var lastWord = spareWords.pop();
      saying.unshift(firstWord);
Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Thank you Jason; refreshing the browser did it! Thanks again!

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Jason,

.push() adds to the end of the array. You want to use .unshift() instead.

push and pop work on the end of the array. shift and unshift work on the beginning of the array.

Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Thank you Jason, but I'm having no luck with that either. Any ideas?

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

The following passes task 3:

saying.unshift(firstWord);

Maybe try refreshing the challenge.