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Laurence Cimosz
8,993 PointsBelow role, create a new variable named msg that combines the firstName, lastName and role variables to create a string
i can't figure this out
let firstName = "Larry";
let lastName = "Cimosz";
let role = 'developer'
let msg = firstName + ' ' + lastName: + ' ' + role '.' ;
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Steven Parker
230,853 PointsYou're really close, but:
- the colon needs to be inside the quotes with that 2nd space
- you don't need to add a period at the end