Birmingham | 25-ITP-Sep | Joy Opachavalit | Sprint 1 | coursework/sprint-2

Sprint-1/2-mandatory-errors/0.js

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 This is just an instruction for the first activity - but it is just for human consumption
-We don't want the computer to run these 2 lines - how can we solve this problem?
+We don't want the computer to run these 2 lines - how can we solve this problem?
+By adding // at the beginning of each line to turn the text into comments.

Sprint-1/2-mandatory-errors/1.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // trying to create an age variable and then reassign the value by 1
 
-const age = 33;
+let age = 33;
 age = age + 1;
+console.log(age);

Sprint-1/2-mandatory-errors/2.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Currently trying to print the string "I was born in Bolton" but it isn't working...
 // what's the error ?
+//The variable cityOfBirth is being used before it's declared. To fix the error, we need to declare the variable before using it in the console.log statement.
 
-console.log(`I was born in ${cityOfBirth}`);
 const cityOfBirth = "Bolton";
+console.log(`I was born in ${cityOfBirth}`);

Sprint-1/2-mandatory-errors/3.js

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 const cardNumber = 4533787178994213;
-const last4Digits = cardNumber.slice(-4);
+const last4Digits = cardNumber.toString().slice(-4);
 
 // The last4Digits variable should store the last 4 digits of cardNumber
 // However, the code isn't working
-// Before running the code, make and explain a prediction about why the code won't work
-// Then run the code and see what error it gives.
-// Consider: Why does it give this error? Is this what I predicted? If not, what's different?
-// Then try updating the expression last4Digits is assigned to, in order to get the correct value
+// PREDICTION: The code won't work because cardNumber is a number, but .slice() only works on strings and arrays
+// ERROR: TypeError: cardNumber.slice is not a function
+// SOLUTION: Convert the number to a string first using .toString() method
+console.log(last4Digits); // Should output: "4213"
+//The issue is that cardNumber is a number, but the .slice() method only works on strings (and arrays).
+// Convert the number to a string first, then use .slice()

Sprint-1/2-mandatory-errors/4.js

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-const 12HourClockTime = "20:53";
-const 24hourClockTime = "08:53";
+//const 12HourClockTime = "20:53";
+//const 24hourClockTime = "08:53";
+// Variable names cannot start with a number
+const twelveHourClockTime = "20:53";
+const twentyFourHourClockTime = "08:53";