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Hannah Eichelsdoerfer
4,042 PointsBlank page after I add the alert like in the video
My problem is that the console says: "Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list"
var name = prompt("Whats your name?");
var hometown = prompt("Where are you from?");
var nameAndHometown = name.toUpperCase() + ' ' + hometown.toUpperCase();
var characterCount = nameAndHometown.length;
alert("The string \"" + nameAndHometown + "\" is + characterCount + " characters long.");
Everything works till I add the alert - but thats how he writes the code in the video right?
1 Answer
Christian Fynbo
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,910 PointsYour last line has a small syntax error that breaks the alert part of your code. The string " is is missing its closing quotes. It's your second string, or the string immediately following nameAndHomeTown.
Fixed below:
alert("The string \"" + nameAndHometown + "\" is" + characterCount + " characters long.");