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JavaScript

Brandon Davis
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Brandon Davis
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,645 Points

Slightly Different Method, Same Result. Curious if my method is a bad habit...

Dave uses a series of concatenation to display his strings differently then mine. When completing the task, I decided to use template literals as I find them easier to work with. I got the same result but would love feedback to see if I'm doing what's considered "best practice". (This is my first time posting a questions so apologies if If I do this wrong!)

// 1. Attach this file -- practice.js -- to the index.html file using a <script> tag

// 2. In this JavaScript file, add a prompt dialog to capture input from the user and store it in a variable
const firstName= prompt('What is your first name?');
// 3. Add a second a prompt dialog to capture input from the user and store it in a second variable
const lastName = prompt('What is your last name?');
// 4. Create a third variable and which combines an uppercase version values in the two other variables separated by a space. For example, if the first two variables contain "sally" and "forth", this third variable should contain the string value "SALLY FORTH"
const fullName = `${firstName.toUpperCase()} ${lastName.toUpperCase()}`;
console.log(fullName);
// 5. Create a fourth variable to store a number. The number should be the total number of characters in the third variable. 
const fullNameLength = fullName.length;
console.log (fullNameLength);
// 6. Add an alert dialog box that says "The string '[insert value of third variable here]' is X number of characters long." For example, if the third variable contained the string "SALLY FORTH" then the alert dialog should says "The string 'SALLY FORTH' is 11 characters long."
alert(`The string ${fullName} is ${fullNameLength} characters long!`);

Any feedback at all would be greatly appreciated! Have a great day!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

There's rarely only one way to accomplish a programming task. Your use of template literals takes advantage of a more advanced technique and allows the code to be a bit more compact than the basic method. Good job! :+1: