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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Strings Methods

Posted by ryankite
ryankite
8,265 Points

why is it wrong?

var wordBrown = quick.substr(3,5);

Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points

What is contained in quick?

2 Answers

ryankite
ryankite
8,265 Points

My problem was that i was not looking at the actual string. thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points

Glad I could help

ryankite
ryankite
8,265 Points
ryankite
ryankite
8,265 Points

var quick = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

ok thanks

Richard Duncan
Richard Duncan
5,568 Points

So substr is returning _quic?

Try 4, 5 as the arguments.