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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Write a Template Literal

Posted by Grama Iulian
Grama Iulian
2,623 Points

what is wrong here?

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

const drink = `${flavor}` + 'Blueberry ' + `${type}` + ':Smoothie ' + '$4.99' + `${price}`;

1 Answer

J.D. Williams
J.D. Williams
17,816 Points
J.D. Williams
J.D. Williams
17,816 Points

It appears that your declaration of the 'drink' variable concatenates multiple template literals with string literals.

const drink = `${flavor}` + 'Blueberry ' + `${type}` + ':Smoothie ' + '$4.99' + `${price}`;
// This code renders "BlueberryBlueberry Smoothie:Smoothie $4.994.99"

Use a single template literal, instead of concatenation, by removing the hard-coded strings ('Blueberry', ':Smoothie', and '$4.99'). One possible solution is the following.

const drink = `${flavor} ${type}: $${price}`;
// This code renders "Blueberry Smoothie: $4.99"