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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Methods

Posted by Polo Moreno
Polo Moreno
11,782 Points

i don't understand this challenge

this challengue say this

Update the variable of 'tenthCharacter' on about line 20, to get the tenth character of the string 'quick'.

the system say

missing the .charAt() method.

my answer is this.

var quick = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"; console.log(quick.charAt(10));

help me pleace.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Strings</title>
    <style>
      html {
        background: #FAFAFA;
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Strings: Methods</h2>
    <script>
      var quick = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

          var quickLength    = quick;
          var indexOfBrown = quick;
          var tenthCharacter = quick;
          var wordBrown = quick;
          var quickUpper = quick;
          var quickLower = quick;
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

Remember that string indexes are zero-based. Therefore, the 10th character is actually index 9.

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

Also, don't use console.log. You just need to add the method charAt() on to the end of the quick variable on the line it tells you to.

Pablo Grippo
Pablo Grippo
25,765 Points
Pablo Grippo
Pablo Grippo
25,765 Points

You must write: 

var tenthCharacter = quick.charAt(9);