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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Write a Template Literal

Posted by Kelly Case
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Kelly Case
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 733 Points

blue berry smoothie

Blueberry Smoothie question. Need some help on solving this one. Not sure what I am doing wrong. All help appreciated!

app.js 
const flavor = "Blueberry";
const type = "Smoothie";
const price = "4.99";

const drink = `${flavor} ${type}: ${price};

1 Answer

Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,817 Points
Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,817 Points

Hi Kelly,

You're very close. You're just missing the final backtick at the end of the template literal and a dollar sign in front of ${price}. It may look a little strange to type $${price} at first, just remember that only the dollar sign directly touching the curly braces will be replaced -- if you want a dollar sign to appear in the string then you'll have to use two of them.

const drink = `${flavor} ${type}: ${price}`;
// produces "Blueberry Smoothie: 4.99"

const drink = `${flavor} ${type}: $${price}`;
// produces "Blueberry Smoothie: $4.99"

One other note, you'll need to change the price variable from a string back in to a number like originally supplied -- the test won't accept your code otherwise.