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

Ashley Davison
Ashley Davison
1,883 Points
Posted by Ashley Davison
Ashley Davison
1,883 Points

JavaScript Code Challenge Question

I'm trying to solve the following challenge: Complete the assignment to the userName variable by adding a # symbol followed by an all uppercase version of the lastName variable. In other words, using string concatenation so that the final value of userName is "23188XTR#SMITH".

No matter what I put in I can't seem to get the answer right. Can someone please give me a hint? I don't understand what I'm doing wrong and I can't find anything in the videos to point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

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

var userName
id.toUpperCase()
id += "#" + "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>

2 Answers

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Your almost there! your code needs to look like this:

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

the exercise is about using methods and concatenation. I hope this helps.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

not a problem. if you have any other questions let us know. happy coding!

Alexander Auzenne
Alexander Auzenne
501 Points
Alexander Auzenne
Alexander Auzenne
501 Points

You need to use the toUpperCase() method to capitalize the string variable lastName as well.