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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine and Manipulate Strings

code challenge won't print for JavaScript basics

// 1. Declare variables and capture input. const adjective = prompt('Please type an adjective.'); const verb = prompt('Please type a verb.'); const noun = prompt('Please type a noun.');

// 2. Combine the input with other words to create a story. "<p>There once was a [adjective] programmer who wanted to use JavaScript to [verb] the [noun].</p>"

const sentence = <p>There once was a ${adjective} programmer who wanted to use JavaScript to ${verb} the ${noun}.</p>; console.log(sentence);

// 3. Display the story as a <p> inside the <main> element.S

app.js
let firstName;
let lastName;
let role = 'developer';

1 Answer

Robert Manolis
STAFF
Robert Manolis
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hi Tina, for the string interpolation to work, you need to wrap the value of the sentence variable in backticks.

Hope that helps. :thumbsup: