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JavaScript

Posted by Jason Hill
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Jason Hill
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,399 Points

Here's what I came up with. Any advice on making is cleaner or more efficient?

var firstName = prompt("What is your first name?");
var lastName = prompt("What is your last name?");
var result = firstName.toUpperCase() + lastName.toUpperCase();
var length = firstName.length + lastName.length;
alert("The string " + result + " is " + length + " characters long.");

2 Answers

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17,063 Points

You can use template literals.

alert(`The string ${result} is ${length} characters long.`);

and u can lower and upper case in the prompts

var firstName = prompt("What is your first name?").toUpperCase();
var lastName = prompt("What is your last name?").to;LowerCase();
Jason Hill
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Jason Hill
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,399 Points
Jason Hill
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Jason Hill
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,399 Points

Ah I like the upper and lower case in the prompts. Template literals I had no idea what they were until now, thanks for that! I'm trying to keep learning and pushing things outside the box a bit. Wrapping my head around beginning to think like a software engineer/problem solving manner that is most efficient or elegant. Being an electrician, I do this a lot with lighting controls for instance, but my problems usually are engineered out to a degree, so I have starting points. Thanks again!