The thirdLetterOfLastName variable should have the value of v .
You should use bracket notation.
Your code so far
// Setup
var lastName = "Lovelace";
// Only change code below this line
var thirdLetterOfLastName = lastName[v]; // Change this line
Use Bracket Notation to Find the Nth Character in a String
Link to the challenge:
You need to put the correct number inside of the brackets so that thirdLetterOfLastName is assigned the third letter of lastName (which happens to be a v). You cannot use letters to index into a string in the way you are attempting.
Remember that indexing in JavaScript is zero-based, so lastName[0] would return the first letter of the string.
What is your updated code?
// Setup
var lastName = "Lovelace";
// Only change code below this line
var thirdLetterOfLastName = lastName[0]; // Change this line
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The challenge wants you to find the third letter of the last name.
What you wrote here.
is for the first letter.
If you console.log(lastName[0]) then you will see that it returns the letter L.
Change the number in the brackets so it returns the letter v.
@jwilkins.oboe
still, it says that it’s wrong please help me.
// Setup
var lastName = "Lovelace";
// Only change code below this line
var thirdLetterOfLastName = console.log(lastName[2]); // Change this line
You are not supposed to include the console.log in your answer.
That was just to show you what is actually being printed.
Remove that and it should pass.
Hi, accessing the characters of a string/array in any programming language with bracket notation uses index. The indexing starts with 0 and in this case,
var lastName = "Lovelace";
The indices of each character would be as follows:
Character: [ ‘L’, ‘o’, ‘v’, ‘e’, ‘l’, ‘a’, ‘c’, ‘e’ ]
Indices: [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]
When you normally count the third letter would always be at 2nd index. So your answer would be
var thirdLetterOfLastName = lastName[2];
Hi @putta !
Welcome to the forum!
I have adding spoiler tags around your code because it is a full working answer.
On the forum, we don’t encourage users to give out full working answers but rather guide them to the correct answer with hints.
Something to keep in mind for future posts.
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