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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Arrays Getting and Setting

Posted by Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
4,978 Points

setting 31st element of a 6-element array to a value - not working - help?

Challenge task 2 of 2 "On about line 18, set the 31st element in 'myArray' to the word 'treehouse'."

  var myArray[30] = 'treehouse';

Result: "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is not passing..."

How is my entry incorrect and how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance.

3 Answers

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Chris,

The keyword var in front of the assignment shouldn't be there, you only need to use var when declaring variables but don't need to when you're assigning a value back to them.

Glenn Gallo
Glenn Gallo
5,297 Points
Glenn Gallo
Glenn Gallo
5,297 Points

this seems to work.

myArray[30] = 'treehouse' ;

Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
4,978 Points
Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
4,978 Points

Thanks! Removing var worked. :)