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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Using String Methods

Posted by Heidi Peachey
Heidi Peachey
9,390 Points

Task 1 is no longer valid???

I am trying to add a # symbol and all upper case var lastName to the var userName, but it says that Task 1 is no longer valid. What am I missing?

app.js 
var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";

var userName = id.toUpperCase();
username += "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();
index.html 
<!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
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Any syntax error invalidates the entire script and causes the re-validations of previous tasks to fail. In this case it's caused by a reference to an undefined identifier.

On the last line you wrote "username" (with lower-case "n") instead of "userName" (with capital "N").

Heidi Peachey
Heidi Peachey
9,390 Points
Heidi Peachey
Heidi Peachey
9,390 Points

Thank you! I totally missed that!