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

Daniel Glennie
Daniel Glennie
42,854 Points
Posted by Daniel Glennie
Daniel Glennie
42,854 Points

Why won't this concatenation work? I have tried += and x + y + z formatting.

I have created a variable called userName and assigned the output of toUpperCase(id). I have tried to add the # and SMITH like this

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

and like this var userName = String.prototype.toUpperCase(id); userName += "#"; userName += String.prototype.toUpperCase(lastName);

What am I missing?

app.js 
var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";

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

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! In your last line, you have the + and equals signs backwards. It should be +=. But even if I change that, the challenge still fails. You ned to run the toUpperCase method directly on the string in question.

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

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

edited for accuracy and additional information

Here's the MDN documentation:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/toUpperCase

Daniel Glennie
Daniel Glennie
42,854 Points
Daniel Glennie
Daniel Glennie
42,854 Points

Thank you! I noticed the += was the wrong way round right as soon as I posted the question but that didn't fix the problem. It seemed as if the final value assigned to userName was just "#" but I can't think why that would be.