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Randy Morrow
Courses Plus Student 601 Pointsvar initialScore = 8 var totalScore = ++initialScore This is not correct?
Not sure why this is wrong.
// Enter your code below
var initialScore = 8
var totalScore = ++initialScore
1 Answer

Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,692 PointsHey Randy,
Yes, it's correct ... but no, it's wrong. :)
Challenges are very picky and specific. It wants totalScore
assigned to a constant, but you have it assigned to a variable. Just change the var
to let
for that and you're good to go. :)