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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Create a Two Dimensional Array

Posted by kris sistrunk
kris sistrunk
1,953 Points

Not sure why this challenge is wrong

Here is my code for challenge 2 or 3

var coordinates = [ [pizza, mike] ];

the task is to add a new array to the array called coordinates to make a two dimensional array. I am not sure why this code does not work.

script.js 
var coordinates = [
  [Pizza, mike]
                  ];
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Objects</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,735 Points
Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,735 Points

JavaScript is going to look at your code and trying find existing variables called Pizza and mike, but isn't finding them, which is why it gives this error: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: Pizza.

What you want is to put those values in quotes, which will add those literal string values to the array, rather than variables with those names

var coordinates = [
    ["Pizza", "mike"]
];