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tommy graffam
2,300 PointsWhy wont it submit my thing? I copy pasted it in console and it did exactly what it was supposed to do but its wrong?
Why wont it submit my thing? I copy pasted it in console and it did exactly what it was supposed to do but its wrong?
var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";
var userName = id + "#" + lastName
userName.toUpperCase();
<!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>
1 Answer

Hugo Paz
15,620 PointsHi tommy,
You need to assign the return value of the toUpperCase method to the variable.
userName = userName.toUpperCase();
If you do not do this, the value of userName will remain the lower case one.