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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Write a Template Literal

Jason Widjaja
Jason Widjaja
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Posted by Jason Widjaja
Jason Widjaja
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how do i do this the hint does not make sense

app.js 
const flavor = "Blueberry";
const type = "Smoothie";
const price = 4.99;

const drink = `"${flavor + type}: $${price}"`

1 Answer

Joey Bruijns
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Joey Bruijns
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Joey Bruijns
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Hi Jason,

When using template literals with string interpolation you can inject variables directly into a string, like you are doing here!

So when you do ${flavor + type} it ‘adds’ those two variables together and injects them, the result in this case is ‘BlueberrySmoothie’ (notice: no space between the words).

In this case, it might be better to separate the two so you can add the space in your template literal yourself, like;

const drink = `${flavor} ${type}: $${price}`;

Hopefully this helps you!