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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Methods

Victoria Rast
Victoria Rast
7,751 Points
Posted by Victoria Rast
Victoria Rast
7,751 Points

JavaScript Foundations Challenge

Hi, working on a JavaScript code challenge and ran inot trouble. Here is the question on the challenge:

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

What am I doing wrong?

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.length;
          var indexOfBrown = quick.indexOf('brown');
          var tenthCharacter = quick.charAt(10);
          var wordBrown = quick;
          var quickUpper = quick;
          var quickLower = quick;
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

elk6
elk6
22,916 Points

Remember, they are zero based, So if you want to get to the tenth character you would have to pass 9 to the charAt function.

Victoria Rast
Victoria Rast
7,751 Points
Victoria Rast
Victoria Rast
7,751 Points

Thanks, forgot about that.