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JavaScript

Posted by Lex Semenenko
Lex Semenenko
9,906 Points

What is BODY: ?

The teacher replaced 

  response.on('data', function(chunk){
      console.log('BODY:' + chunk); 
  });

with 

  response.on('data', function (chunk) {
     var body = "";
     body += chunk;
 });

I don't understand what was BODY: here. It's in all Caps and with a colon.

1 Answer

jason phillips
jason phillips
18,131 Points

In the first example the string "body" is just a string that prints out in the console along with the value of chunk. In the second body is declared as a variable and is set to the value of chunk.