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

peterson st gourdain
peterson st gourdain
931 Points
Posted by peterson st gourdain
peterson st gourdain
931 Points

whats wrong

im stuck

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

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

pluboj
pluboj
5,954 Points
pluboj
pluboj
5,954 Points 
var userName = id.toUpperCase() +"#"+lastName.toUpperCase();
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

:warning: FYI: According to a moderator, explicit answers without any explanation are strongly discouraged by Treehouse.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Anything you place between quotes becomes a string literal and loses any special meaning it might have to the system.

For that reason, variable, function, or method names and operator symbols would never be enclosed in quotes.