What are differences between these two "Title Case a Sentence" codes?

JavaScript
1

I passed this challenge but the first solution I came up didn’t work. And I can’t understand why it’s not working even all results fit with expectations. Is there anyone to explain me why?

The code who gives expected output but doesn’t pass. :point_down:

function titleCase(str) {
  var total=[];
  str = str.toLowerCase().split(" ");
  for(i =0; i<str.length; i++){
    total += str[i][0].toUpperCase() + str[i].slice(1).toLowerCase() + " ";
  }
  return total;
}

titleCase("I'm a little tea pot");

The code I passed the challenge :point_down:


function titleCase(str) {
  var arr = str.split(" ");
  var newArr = arr.map(function(val){
    var x = val[0].toUpperCase() + val.slice(1).toLowerCase();
    return x;
  });
  return newArr.join(" ");
}

titleCase("I'm a little tea pot");

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Link to the challenge:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/challenges/title-case-a-sentence

2

Your first solution sticks an extra space on the end.

3

Thanks. Now I understood. But do you have any idea to fix that problem?

4

total += str[i][0].toUpperCase() + str[i].slice(1).toLowerCase() + " ";
This is the line that adds a space after every word.

  • You could change the logic of adding a space so that it doesn’t happen after the last word
  • You could remove the space at the end of the string after your for loop.
  • You could create your string with a .join() instead of constructing it in the loop.
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