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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Using String Methods

Stuart Jessiman
Stuart Jessiman
465 Points
Posted by Stuart Jessiman
Stuart Jessiman
465 Points

JavaScript quiz issue - again.

JavaScript string issue: I do not understand this question:

'Use the JavaScript .toUpperCase( ) string method to assign an all uppercase version of the id variable to the userName variable'.

I understand 'toUpperCase() etc, but I can't get past this bloody quiz because I don't know what they are asking for.

Your help would be most appreciated.

Stuart

app.js 
var id = "23188xtr".toUpperCase();
var lastName = "Smith".toUpperCase();
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Dan Noyes
Dan Noyes
6,183 Points
Dan Noyes
Dan Noyes
6,183 Points

Apply the method as an extension of the variable you want to affect:

var userName = id.toUpperCase();
Gerrad Brown
Gerrad Brown
1,497 Points
Gerrad Brown
Gerrad Brown
1,497 Points

It was as simple as that..thank you very much!!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

They don't want you to change what's in the "id" variable. They want you to use the "id" variable, along with the method, to put something into the "userName" variable.

Before you removed it, the challenge had provided you with the start of a line that had "var userName" on it.