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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Posted by Edward McEntire
Edward McEntire
8,667 Points

my total is not showing.

var secondsPerMin = 60;
var minsPerHour = 60;
var hoursPerDay = 24;
var daysPerWeek =7;
var weeksPerYear = 52;
var secondsPerDay = secondsPerMin' * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay;
document.write('There are' + secondsPerDay + 'seconds in a day');

Need a second set of eyes, I can not see the problem with the code.

Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,708 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,708 Points

Fixed your code formatting. From the Markdown Cheatsheet:

If you specify the language after the first set of backticks, that'll help us with syntax highlighting.

Edward McEntire
Edward McEntire
8,667 Points

I removed the single quotas and it still did not work.

2 Answers

Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points
Stanley Thijssen
Stanley Thijssen
22,831 Points

Hi there Edward,

You got a small quote inside your secondsPerDay variable declaration. It is behind your secondsPerMin, this causes a syntax error, when you remove it it should be fine! :)

Reese Lynn
Reese Lynn
1,499 Points
Reese Lynn
Reese Lynn
1,499 Points 
var secondsPerMin = 60; 
var minsPerHour = 60; 
var hoursPerDay = 24; 
var daysPerWeek =7;                          |
var weeksPerYear = 52;                     \/
var secondsPerDay = secondsPerMin' * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay; document.write('There are' + secondsPerDay + 'seconds in a day');

you have a single quote. remove it, and you should be good!

Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,708 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,708 Points

Fixed your code formatting. From the Markdown Cheatsheet:

If you specify the language after the first set of backticks, that'll help us with syntax highlighting.