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JavaScript Practice forEach in JavaScript Practice forEach forEach Practice - 2

Will Hunting
Will Hunting
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Posted by Will Hunting
Will Hunting
13,726 Points

Why is my code not being accepted ?

My code produces Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa which was pushed to dayAbbreviations from days ? I have tested code on my personal work space and all is working fine?

app.js 
const days = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
let dayAbbreviations = [];

// dayAbbreviations should be: ['Su', 'Mo', 'Tu', 'We', 'Th', 'Fr', 'Sa']
// Write your code below

days.forEach(day => dayAbbreviations = dayAbbreviations += day.slice(0,2) + ' ');

4 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

In your original code you created a 21 character string. You can verify this with:

console.log(dayAbbreviations.length) //logs 21

console.log(typeof dayAbbreviations) //logs string

The desired result is a 7 element array. Based on what you have above one way to do this is as follows: 

days.forEach(day => dayAbbreviations.push(day.slice(0,2)));
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Check the length of dayAbbreviations. It should be 7.

Will Hunting
Will Hunting
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Will Hunting
Will Hunting
13,726 Points

Hi Kris, when using the console.log(dayAbbreviations) for my code mentioned above it displays: Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa which is not the correct format requested. This was achieved by using:

days.forEach(day => dayAbbreviations = dayAbbreviations += day.slice(0,2) + ' '); console.log(dayAbbreviations)

This challenge has requested that the format should be ["Su ", "Mo ", "Tu ", "We ", "Th ", "Fr ", "Sa "] which is in the format of an array and is achieved by using the below.

days.forEach(day => { const dayAbbreviation = day.slice(0, 2) + ' ' dayAbbreviations.push(dayAbbreviation) }); console.log(dayAbbreviations)

Is there a difference between the result from my format and the requested format?

Will Hunting
Will Hunting
13,726 Points
Will Hunting
Will Hunting
13,726 Points

Thanks for explaining the above Kris.