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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine and Manipulate Strings

Posted by Eduardo GuevaraBorjas
Eduardo GuevaraBorjas
1,696 Points

. what is wrong with this code? let msg = firstName + ' ' + lastName + ': ' + role.toUpperCase();

app.js 
let firstName = 'Eduardo';
let lastName = 'Guevara';
let role = 'developer';
let msg = firstName + ' ' + lastName + ': ' + role;
let msg = firstName + ' ' + lastName + ': ' + role.toUpperCase();

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

Conceptually, you might expect this to work since the 2nd assignment of "msg" overwrites the value from the first one. But a variable can only be declared one time, so the 2nd declaration causes an error.

You could fix this by removing the final "let", but removing the first declaration/assignment entirely is a better solution since it is redundant anyway. Either way you'll pass the challenge.