Functional Programming: Apply Functional Programming to Convert Strings to URL Slugs : Global Varible error

JavaScript
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Couldn’t pass test case:- **The globalTitle variable should not change.

In my code below I have check globalTitle variable is not changing at any stage, please help!

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

// The global variable
const globalTitle =" Winter Is  Coming";

console.log(urlSlug(globalTitle));

// Only change code below this line
function urlSlug(title) {
var t2=title;
t2= t2.toLowerCase();

 t2=t2.split((/\s+/))
//console.log(t2);

//console.log(t2.join('='));
var r=t2.join('-');

//console.log(globalTitle);
if(r[0]=='-')
{return r.slice(1,r.length);}
else{

  return r;

}
}
// Only change code above this line
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Hello there,

I have moved this post to a more suitable sub-forum.

If you have a question about a specific challenge as it relates to your written code for that challenge, just click the Ask for Help button located on the challenge. It will create a new topic with all code you have written and include a link to the challenge also. You will still be able to ask any questions in the post before submitting it to the forum.

Thank you.

3

To answer your question:

Your globalTitle has been changed. Copy the code you want to keep, then reset the challenge.

Hope this helps

4

Thanks for moving the post!

How globalTitle has been changed?

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What it is supposed to be:

var globalTitle = "Winter Is Coming";
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6

when there is a line like this, and you do not respect it, you could fail tests for that reason

next time you can test by creating a new function call…

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Thanks @ilenia and @Sky020