Complete the assignment to the userName variable by adding a # symbol followed by an all uppercase version of the lastNa

I was also able to do this and got a correct answer:

var userName = (id + "#" + lastName).toUpperCase();

HI Shilpa K

You need to assign an uppercase version of the id variable, plus a # symbol plus an uppercase version of the lastName variable to the userName variable.

This line of code

userName + "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();

doesn't assign a value to userName -- you need an equals sign to assign a value to a variable.

Task one:

var id = "23188xtr"; var lastName = "Smith";

var userName = id.toUpperCase();

Task two:

var id = "23188xtr"; var lastName = "Smith";

var userName = id.toUpperCase() + '#' + lastName.toUpperCase();

That was grossly confusing....So to clarify is '' the same as ""? Because that's why it wouldn't allow me to pass.

After several failed attemps and several instances of me screaming at my computer, I decided I had enough of the code challenge being full on retarded, so I did the code until the point where it said it was "23188xtr#smith" and not "23188XTR#SMITH" so I manually went into the code and changed the ID variable from 23188xtr to 23188XTR and I changed the lastName variable from "smith" to "SMITH", and then it finally decided that it wanted to work.

I know I probably cheated the system but I was tired of it being stubborn with me when I know I was using the right code.

This worked for me

userName += "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();

var userName = "23188XTR#" + lastName.toUpperCase()

this worked for me

why is no instructor here clarifying clearly what the problem is here? I write what the moderator posted

var userName = id.toUpperCase()+ "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();

and it doesnt work

it says you only need to call 'toUpperCase()' on 'id' and 'lastName'

var userName = id.toUpperCase(); username += "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();

also doesnt work

var id = "23188xtr"; var lastName = "Smith";

var userName = id.toUpperCase();

Hi!

I've tried this line of code for this challenge:

userName += id.toUpperCase() + "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();

Could you explain me why is not working? I can't figured out...

Thank you!

Tobia.

I'm having problems with this as well. I understand the solutions above, but I'm curious to know why you can't use concatenation to create the string, then toUpperCase on the entire string like this:

var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";

var userName = id + "#" + lastName;
userName.toUpperCase(); 

I get this result when I try to enter it: Bummer! Did you add the '#' character between id and lastName?

Up until this point of this track, I've had very few times where I've been stuck but this one got me hard. I went through the community forums after countless trial and error only to find other with the same issue. When I finally passed the challenge, I almost felt obligated to come back and put my small bit of help into it.

After going through and trying all other lines of code pasted here and reading other peoples' methods, I kept failing. Task 1) If you set the id.toUpperCase in the console.log() it is accepted. Task 2) Make sure, I mean absolutely sure that your words are capitalized in the correct areas. lastname won't work, make sure the 'N' in lastName is capped. protip: Just set the line of code inside the var userName to keep it a little more simple and stop yourself from getting overwhelmed with the code. (It helped me get it finished correctly and actually retaining a little more than I thought I would.)

Also, this was my solution. Like I said, posting it inside the var userName keeps it simple and still correct. var userName = (id.toUpperCase()) + '#' + (lastName.toUpperCase());

if you follow along the instructor did mention how Concatenation works with strings

Complete the assignment to the userName variable by adding a # symbol followed by an all uppercase version of the lastName variable. In other words, using string concatenation so that the final value of userName is "23188XTR#SMITH".

the code stated ` var id = "23188xtr"; var lastName = "Smith"; var userName = id.toUpperCase(); \` the += is shorthand for combining a value inside a variable with another value.

(JavaScript)userName += "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();\\

var userName = id.toUpperCase(); userName += "#" + (lastName.toUpperCase());

After completed the Task 1, I tried userName += "#" + (lastName.toUpperCase()); and userName + "#" + lastName.toUpperCase(); for the second task, but the system keep saying it looks like the Task 1 is no longer passing. Couldn't figure it out what part is wrong.

I answered with :

var userName = id.toUpperCase() + "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();

And the site came back saying : Bummer! The userName variable is "23188XTR#SMITH" not "23188XTR#SMITH".

The answers are identical. Am I crazy or is something wrong?

I used this and it was correct!

var userName = id.toUpperCase();

My answer was var userName = id.toUpperCase(); and it was correct as well.