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JavaScript

Marina Emmatty
Marina Emmatty
620 Points
Posted by Marina Emmatty
Marina Emmatty
620 Points

i tried running console.log ('hello world"); in the console...but there was no output in console ....

i dont understand why there was no output on writing node app.js in console

3 Answers

Boonsuen Oh
Boonsuen Oh
18,788 Points
Boonsuen Oh
Boonsuen Oh
18,788 Points

console.log('hello world');

Theo VOGLIMACCI
Theo VOGLIMACCI
8,027 Points
Theo VOGLIMACCI
Theo VOGLIMACCI
8,027 Points

Your code always need to be console.log('STRING'); Always use same pair of ' ' or " " or it won't work. If you'r string contain a ' like this one : John's house, you'll need to type it this way : "John's House" or 'John\'s House'.

Work well and happy coding!

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,468 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,468 Points

You can use either double quotes or single quotes, but you can't start the string with a single quote and end it with a double quote. Examples:

"Hello"  // This string is valid
'Hello'  // This string is valid
"Hello'  // This string is invalid
'Hello"  // This string is invalid