Apply Functional Programming to Convert Strings to URL Slugs help needed!

Tell us what’s happening:
I am not able to pass the test with the following error.
“The globalTitle variable should not change.”
But I believe none of method that I used is changing the original string. do you have any idea on this?
.toLowerCase() > returns a new string
.split() > returns a new array
.filter() > returns a new array

Your code so far


// the global variable
var globalTitle = " Winter Is   Coming";

// Add your code below this line
function urlSlug(title) {
  return title.toLowerCase().split(/\W+/).filter(x=>x.length>0).join("-")
}
// Add your code above this line

var winterComing = urlSlug(globalTitle); // Should be "winter-is-coming"

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/functional-programming/apply-functional-programming-to-convert-strings-to-url-slugs

I would reset your code, but copy the function first.

I copied your function and passed all tests with no errors.

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Hi @addisonday yeah… it is weird. It is passing without a problem now…

Only for other campers with the same problem:

var globalTitle has to be the string that it was at the beginning of the exercise. :slight_smile: