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JavaScript

Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Posted by Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Trouble with Strings

I am trying to extract the substring 'brown' from the main string and although I have isolated the word, it won't let me pass. This is for the six-part strings code challenge in the JavaScript Foundations course. Can anyone please help me?

          var wordBrown = quick.substr(9,6);
Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Thanks for your answer, but it won't let it pass in spite of the fact that it delivers the proper string.

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Jason,

The 1st argument to substr is the starting index. The index is zero based so it should be 10. The 2nd argument is how many characters. 'brown' is 5 characters.

Your code is extracting ' brown' with the space in front.