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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Methods

Mark Lovett
Mark Lovett
15,853 Points
Posted by Mark Lovett
Mark Lovett
15,853 Points

Why doesnt work? quick.charAt(11);

var tenthCharacter = quick.charAt(11);

This prints r which is the 10th character of the string

3 Answers

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

If you weren't aware, a space is also a character. So since they want the 10th character, and you start counting at 0, it should be charAt(9), because that is the 10th character if you start counting from 1.

var tenthCharacter = quick.charAt(9);
jaredcowan
jaredcowan
11,808 Points
jaredcowan
jaredcowan
11,808 Points

I know in ruby counting starts at 0

So you have to train your brain that 9 is 10 -- 10 is 9 and so on.

Edited - had it backwards.. lol

Mark Lovett
Mark Lovett
15,853 Points
Mark Lovett
Mark Lovett
15,853 Points

Below returns nothing because it is the space between the k and b which is the 10th character (if spaces are counted as characters) . I see. Thanks!

var quick = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
 console.log(quick.charAt(9));
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Mark Lovett

There's a special way to format code for the forums. I fixed it in your post but for future reference this forum post tells you how to add code to the forum: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum