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Posted by jasondasilva2
jasondasilva2
2,817 Points

Methods Part 1 Problem.

Hello,

I can't seem to pass the first step in the "Methods: Part 1 Code Challenge"

Basically I've added this code: 

var firstWord = spareWords.unshift("firstWord");
var firstWord = spareWords.shift();

by my understanding of the video this should make "firstWord" the first word and then remove it with the shift function?

Thanks in advance,

Jason.

4 Answers

jasondasilva2
jasondasilva2
2,817 Points
jasondasilva2
jasondasilva2
2,817 Points

Hi Sreng,

Thanks for the feedback, unfortunately it seems I have forgotten how to declare two different methods in one line, Im sure I know it but I can't seem to figure it out!

Thanks.

Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points

So you got it, right?

jasondasilva2
jasondasilva2
2,817 Points
jasondasilva2
jasondasilva2
2,817 Points

Nope, I changed the code so it fits onto one line but it's still wrong:

var firstWord = spareWords.unshift("firstWord"); spareWords.shift();

The error I get is: "Bummer! The 'firstWord' should be the string of 'The'. It should be shifted from the 'spareWords' array."

what Am I doing wrong?

J.

Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points
Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points

On the first task, you have nothing to do with unshift() method.

On line 18, it should be like this:

var firstWord = spareWords.shift();

shift() method will take out the first element of the array spareWords and put it into variable firstWord

Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points
Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points

Hi Jason,

The question is:

On line 18, use a method on the 'spareWords' to set 'firstWord' to be first word of the 'spareWords' array whilst simultaneously removing it from the beginning of the array.

All you have to do is modify the line 18 and you can use the method shift() to solve this problem.

Good luck.