Build an Email Masker - Correct output but criteria not met

JavaScript
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I know people have posted about this already but I don’t see how this isn’t passing the criteria.

function maskEmail(email) {

  let pos = email.indexOf("@");
  let maskedLength = pos - 2;

  let begin = email.slice(0, 1);
  let end = email.slice(pos);

  let replace = "*";
  let replaced = replace.repeat(maskedLength);

  let finishedEmail = begin + replaced + end;

  return finishedEmail;

};

let email = "apple.pie@example.com";

console.log(maskEmail(email));

email = "freecodecamp@example.com";

console.log(maskEmail(email));
2

Please post a link to the step.

What is the required output? I thought it was supposed to have 2 cleartext letters?

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maskEmail("freecodecamp@example.com") should return "f**********p@example.com".

Yea, you don’t exactly match the required output. Look at the letters around the @

5

oh I see what you’re saying. I’ll fiddle with it

6

This seems to get the right output but same criteria result EDIT: no this adds an extra “*”

function maskEmail(email) {

  let pos = email.indexOf("@") - 1;
  let maskedLength = pos;

  let begin = email.slice(0, 1);
  let end = email.slice(pos);

  let replace = "*";
  let replaced = replace.repeat(maskedLength);

  let finishedEmail = begin + replaced + end;

  return finishedEmail;

};

let email = "apple.pie@example.com";

console.log(maskEmail(email));

email = "freecodecamp@example.com";

console.log(maskEmail(email));
7

Okay this worked

function maskEmail(email) {

  let pos = email.indexOf("@");
  let maskedLength = pos;

  let begin = email.slice(0, 1);
  let end = email.slice(pos - 1);

  let replace = "*";
  let replaced = replace.repeat(maskedLength - 2);

  let finishedEmail = begin + replaced + end;

  return finishedEmail;

};

let email = "apple.pie@example.com";

console.log(maskEmail(email));

email = "freecodecamp@example.com";

console.log(maskEmail(email));```
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8

Passed solution.

MOD EDIT: Solution removed.

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