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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge

Ruben Lindskog
Ruben Lindskog
1,008 Points
Posted by Ruben Lindskog
Ruben Lindskog
1,008 Points

can't get toUpperCase to work

I'm trying to ask a question with different strings as the correct answer. I'm trying to avoid people getting it wrong because they didn't use uppercase lettering. var questionThree = prompt('Name a country in Scandinavia'); var questionThreeAnswer = questionThree.toUpperCase; alert( questionThreeAnswer ); The variable doesn't give me the answer in uppercase but instead says this "function toUpperCase() { [native code] }". What am i doing wrong?

Ruben Lindskog
Ruben Lindskog
1,008 Points
Ruben Lindskog
Ruben Lindskog
1,008 Points

var stringToShout = prompt("What should I shout?"); var shout = stringToShout.toUpperCase(); shout += "!!!"; alert(shout); this is from a previous workshop and i don't see how it works and mine don't

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Since "toUpperCase" is a function, the name must be followed by parentheses to invoke it even if no arguments are being passed in them.

var questionThreeAnswer = questionThree.toUpperCase();  // <- note the added ()'s