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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Using String Methods

Jack Edmonds
Jack Edmonds
2,466 Points

why dose it say task 1 is no longer passing

I did what it said to do and it says task 1 is no longer passing

app.js
var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";
+
var userName = '23188XTR#SMITH'.toUpperCase( );
index.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Matheus Ferraresi
Matheus Ferraresi
12,476 Points

Because the first task is asking you to assign the function .toUpperCase() on the var id value and you are not doing it, you just had assigned the final value to the var userName.

The task 1 ask you to use .toUpperCase() on the id var and assign that value to the var userName, so:

var userName = id.toUpperCase();

And the task 2 ask you to add an "#" plus the value of the var lastName, so this would be the final right answer:

var userName = id.toUpperCase() + "#" + lastName;

Hope that I've made you understand.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,657 Points

You do have a bit of work yet to complete the challenge, but to answer your question:

The "+" sign by itself on line 3 is causing a syntax error, and since a syntax error invalidates the whole script it detects it as an issue when retesting the earlier task.