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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Arrays Methods: Part 1

Steven Quinn
Steven Quinn
12,519 Points
Posted by Steven Quinn
Steven Quinn
12,519 Points

Problem with task

Is it just me or is there a conflict with the code in the third part of this task. My code passes for the first and second parts of the task, but when I try to complete the third part it says that the first part is no longer ok. Maybe because the variable we are asked to use is the same for both part one and part three?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Arrays</title>
    <style>
      html {
        background: #FAFAFA;
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Arrays: Methods Part 1</h2>
    <script>
      var spareWords = ["The","chimney","sweep's","dog"];
      var saying = ["quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy"];
      var firstWord = spareWords.shift();
      var lastWord = spareWords.pop();
      var firstWord = saying.unshift();
      saying;
    </script>
  </body>
</html>
Steven Quinn
Steven Quinn
12,519 Points
Steven Quinn
Steven Quinn
12,519 Points

Never mind! Found out what I was doing wrong.

1 Answer

Stefan Osorio
Stefan Osorio
16,419 Points
Stefan Osorio
Stefan Osorio
16,419 Points

Should someone else encounter this Problem, a possible solution would be:

var firstWord = spareWords.shift();
var lastWord = spareWords.pop();
saying.unshift(firstWord);

unshift() adds the element(s) which are passed to it (in the parentheses) to the beginning of the array it was called on, and returns the new length of said arraid.

In Stevens Code ("var firstWord = saying.unshift()") unshift() is called on "saying" and returns it's length, which is then assigned to "firstWord". This is why Task 1 isn't passing anymore.