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JavaScript Treehouse Club - MASH MASH - JavaScript Stuff You Can Change

Nicholas Wallen
Nicholas Wallen
12,278 Points
Posted by Nicholas Wallen
Nicholas Wallen
12,278 Points

What does this part of the code refer to?

var answers_object = { 'mash': mash_choice(), 'profession': get_answer('profession'), 'pet': get_answer('pet'), 'location': get_answer('location') }

The actual parts that say 'mash', 'profession', etc. Are those variables? I'm confused.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Anything between quote marks is not a variable but a string literal. It represents the actual word(s) and/or symbols that you see between the quotes.

The only variable in the code shown above is answers_object.