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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine and Manipulate Strings

Posted by Jacob almeida
Jacob almeida
220 Points

Below role, create a new variable named msg that combines the firstName, lastName and role variables to create a string.

need help not sure what im doing wrong been stuck on this for an hour

app.js 
let firstName = ('jacob');
let lastName = ('almeida');
let role = 'developer';
let msg = 'jacob' + ' ' + 'almeida' + ' ' + 'developer'

1 Answer

Adam Pearson
Adam Pearson
19,432 Points
Adam Pearson
Adam Pearson
19,432 Points

I think you probably need to combine the actual variables themselves, not their values.

So it would be:

let msg = firstName + ' ' + lastName + ' ' + role;