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Tashinga Lloyd Nharara
493 Pointsproviding player variable to document.write() function
how to add the' player variable' to the 'document.write()' function
var player = "Jasmine";
alert(player);
document.write ("player");
<!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
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsDon't put quotes around a variable name.
Adding quotes makes it into a string literal which represents itself instead of the value you assigned to the variable.
Tashinga Lloyd Nharara
493 Pointsthank you btw
Tashinga Lloyd Nharara
493 PointsTashinga Lloyd Nharara
493 Pointscan you help with a syntax example
Steven Parker
229,644 PointsSteven Parker
229,644 PointsExactly what you had, but without the quotes:
document.write(player);