Build an Email Masker - Build an Email Masker

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1

Tell us what’s happening:

I don’t understand how to do the rest of the steps after step 4. This should really have another workshop for stuff like this before a lab like this. It’s hard to know what to do if we don’t see it properly before hand.

Your code so far

function maskEmail(email) {let arobasePosition = email.indexOf("@");
let wordToSlice =email.slice(1, arobasePosition);
let wordToSliceCharCount = wordToSlice.lenght - 1;
let replacedChar= email.replace(wordToSlice, "*".repeat(wordToSliceCharCount));};

let email= "apple.pie@email.com";
console.log(maskEmail(email));

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Challenge Information:

Build an Email Masker - Build an Email Masker

GitHub Link: freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/lab-email-masker/66b205e6eacba4c4e54ea434.md at main · freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp · GitHub

2

Currently, your function is not returning anything.

Maybe try adding some logs within the function so you can see what your code is doing after each line.

3

oh console.log. I’ll tried that. Although I’m not sure how to do that.

4

Within the function, add console.log(wordToSlice) under that line of code. And repeat a log like that for each line to help you debug.

5

oki. I’ll try that. :slight_smile: Thank you for the help.

6

now I’m stuck again.

function maskEmail(email) {let arobasePosition = email.indexOf("@");
let wordToSlice =email.slice(1, arobasePosition);
console.log(wordToSlice);
let wordToSliceCharCount = wordToSlice.lenght - 1;
console.log(wordToSliceCharCount);
let replacedChar= email.replace(wordToSlice, "*".repeat(wordToSliceCharCount));
console.log(replacedChar);};

let email= "apple.pie@email.com";
console.log(maskEmail(email));
7

Please analyze your logs. Is wordToSlice what you expect it to be? If not, make an adjustment so it is. Then move on to the next log, etc.

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I think this lab is way too hard. I’m gonna try tomorrow. but still don’t get how to get the results I want that’s the problem. if there was more specific help in the lab it would help. I know we did see everything but I have no idea how to suggest freecodecamp had another workshop for smth like this.

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what steps would you take to hide an email like that if you had to do it manually?