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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Methods

Posted by M F
M F
1,985 Points

When I get to task 4 (wordBrown) task 1 stops working and will not let me go on.

When I get to task 4 (wordBrown) task 1 stops working and will not let me go on. What is wrong?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Strings</title>
    <style>
      html {
        background: #FAFAFA;
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Strings: Methods</h2>
    <script>
      var quick = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

          var quickLength    = quick.length;
          var indexOfBrown = quick.indexOf("brown");
          var tenthCharacter = quick.charAt(9);
          var wordBrown = quick.subStr(10,14);
          var quickUpper = quick;
          var quickLower = quick;
    </script>
  </body>
</html>
1codechic
1codechic
9,399 Points
1codechic
1codechic
9,399 Points

Hi MF,

Task 1 stops working because you didn't update the variable of wordBrown to extract the substring of "brown" correctly. Remember the substring method returns the characters in a string "beginning at the specified location" through the "specified number of characters". So in this challenge you want the variable of wordBrown to look like this:

var wordBrown = quick.substr(start, length);

final would look like:

var wordBrown = quick.substr(10, 5);

Hope that helps, Antiffia (Tiffany)

M F
M F
1,985 Points

Thank you so much Antiffia! It is a little confusing that the error appears as "Task 1 is no longer passing"... Made me think it was broken on step one.

1codechic
1codechic
9,399 Points
1codechic
1codechic
9,399 Points

You are welcome M F. Yeah it can be a little confusing, it took me a while to figure it out when I first ran into problems like that before. Best of luck on your jouney! Happy coding!

1 Answer

1codechic
1codechic
9,399 Points
1codechic
1codechic
9,399 Points

Hi MF,

Task 1 stops working because you didn't update the variable of wordBrown to extract the substring of "brown" correctly. Remember the substring method returns the characters in a string "beginning at the specified location" through the "specified number of characters". So in this challenge you want the variable of wordBrown to look like this:

var wordBrown = quick.substr(start, length);

final would look like:

var wordBrown = quick.substr(10, 5);

Hope that helps, Antiffia (Tiffany)