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Walter Garcia
4,531 PointsCan't concatenate "#" symbol between two strings, any help? thanks!
Can't concatenate "#" symbol between two strings, any help? when I put it all code gets grey color and a red saw underline appears, don't know why, thanks.
var id = "23188xtr";
var lastName = "Smith";
var userName= id.toUpperCase (); + "#" + lastName.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>
3 Answers
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 PointsWalter, I think the reason you are having the issue is because the semicolons in the user name variable (leave the one at the end) and the spaces between toUpperCase and the ().
var userName= id.toUpperCase() + "#" + lastName.toUpperCase();
Let me know if it works!
Zack Richard
6,313 PointsHi Walter,
You need to remove the semicolon after the first set of parenthesis in the app.js file. Also, I recall that the variable userName was already declared for you at the start of the exercise. If that is true, do not precede userName with the var keyword.
You can accomplish the concatenation like so:
id.toUpperCase(); lastName.toUpperCase(); userName += id + '#' + lastName;
Alternatively, you could do it all in one statement:
userName += id.toUpperCase() + '#' + lastName.toUpperCase();
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 PointsZack Richard , I thought I might let you know I changed your comment to an answer. This allows you to be up-voted, and awarded with best answer!
Walter Garcia
4,531 PointsHey Celeb, thank you very much! The bug was the semicolon after the first set of parenthesis, thanks.
Walter Garcia
4,531 PointsHey Zack, thank you very much! The bug was the semicolon after the first set of parenthesis, thanks.
Walter Garcia
4,531 PointsHey Celeb, thank you very much! The bug was the semicolon after the first set of parenthesis, thanks.