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JavaScript

Posted by Christian Erickson
Christian Erickson
2,299 Points

Why doesn't this work?

function getDate() {
  var theDate = new Date();
  return theDate;
}

document.write( "<h1> getDate() </h1>");

1 Answer

Charles Kenney
Charles Kenney
15,604 Points

Christian,

You have encapsulated your call to getDate() in a string, so it will be treated as characters in a string. You simply need to concatenate the <h1> tags and the result of the getDate().

Like this:

function getDate() {
  var theDate = new Date();
  return theDate;
}

document.write( "<h1>" + getDate() + "</h1>");

Hope this helps, Charles

Bruno Navarrete
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Bruno Navarrete
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 22,246 Points

Wow, beat me for 25 seconds with the right answer ;P. Charles Kenney

Charles Kenney
Charles Kenney
15,604 Points

Haha sorry man!

Christian Erickson
Christian Erickson
2,299 Points

Thanks. Now I feel silly for how simple that was. Lol.

Bruno Navarrete
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Bruno Navarrete
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 22,246 Points

Christian Erickson you'd be surprised how often that silly stuff happens to most of us xD

Charles Kenney
Charles Kenney
15,604 Points

^^