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Mark Trevathan
10,652 PointsTemplate Literal formatting issue
In the video, her solution is to correct the quotations in:
console.log("Treehouse has ${i} JavaScript courses, and ${teachers.length} Javascript teachers");
However, this still would not work for me until I changed it to:
console.log("Treehouse has " + i + " JavaScript courses, and " + teachers.length + " Javascript teachers");
Any ideas?
Edit: I see this didn't post to the video in question. It is this video: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/practice-let-and-const-in-javascript/the-solution#questions
If link is broken, it is a solution video for practicing let and const variables in JavaScript.
1 Answer
Travis Alstrand
Treehouse Project ReviewerHey there Mark Trevathan ! 👋
The use of ${} is how we can plug variables into strings as template literals. To do it this way, we need to wrap the string in backticks (on the same key as the Tilde ~ on most keyboard layouts) instead of quotation marks. It's still a valid and convenient approach 👍
Mark Trevathan
10,652 PointsMark Trevathan
10,652 PointsInteresting! Thank you very much for your response!
By the way, I just went back and watched the video again and I was completely mistaken about the quotes. Not sure where I pulled that from!
Travis Alstrand
Treehouse Project ReviewerTravis Alstrand
Treehouse Project ReviewerIt happens! It's a very easy thing to miss!
And you're very welcome 👍