error does not make sense

Question

THIS IS THE CODE
const name = "Andrew";
const details = { favouriteLanguage: "JavaScript", age: 33, children: 3 } 
const errorMessage = "Something bad has occurred";
console.log(name);
console.dir(details);
 I needed to console the error message THIS IS WHAT I TYPED AFTER THE last line.  console.err(errorMessage);   Why is this wrong?
app.js
const name = "Andrew";
const details = { favouriteLanguage: "JavaScript", age: 33, children: 3 } 
const errorMessage = "Something bad has occurred";
console.log(name);
console.dir(details);
console.err(errorMessage);

Jennifer Nordell · Answer

Hi there! I received your request for assistance. When you try and run this code in the challenge you will receive a "console err is not a function". This is because err is not a valid console function. However, error is. If I change your last line to:
```js
console.error(errorMessage);
```
Your code passes! Here is the MDN documentation (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console) that shows all valid functions on the Console object.
Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Wendy Anderson-Burton · Answer

Thank you all I will go back and try that.

Adam Beer · Answer

Hi! Just a typo. console.err is not a function. Please change to console.error.

af09 · Answer

Try this:
```javascript
console.error(errorMessage);

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error does not make sense

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