freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/06-quality-assurance/quality-assurance-and-testing-with-chai/test-if-a-value-is-a-string.md

---
id: 587d824d367417b2b2512c52
title: Test if a Value is a String
challengeType: 2
forumTopicId: 301599
dashedName: test-if-a-value-is-a-string
---

# --description--

As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project on [Replit](https://replit.com/github/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai), or cloned from [GitHub](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai/).

`isString` or `isNotString` asserts that the actual value is a string.

# --instructions--

Within `tests/1_unit-tests.js` under the test labelled `#13` in the `Strings` suite, change each `assert` to either `assert.isString` or `assert.isNotString` to make the test pass (should evaluate to `true`). Do not alter the arguments passed to the asserts.

# --hints--

All tests should pass.

```js
(getUserInput) =>
  $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(
    (data) => {
      assert.equal(data.state, 'passed');
    },
    (xhr) => {
      throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
    }
  );
```

You should choose the correct method for the first assertion - `isString` vs. `isNotString`.

```js
(getUserInput) =>
  $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(
    (data) => {
      assert.equal(
        data.assertions[0].method,
        'isNotString',
        'A float number is not a string'
      );
    },
    (xhr) => {
      throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
    }
  );
```

You should choose the correct method for the second assertion - `isString` vs. `isNotString`.

```js
(getUserInput) =>
  $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(
    (data) => {
      assert.equal(
        data.assertions[1].method,
        'isString',
        'environment vars are strings (or undefined)'
      );
    },
    (xhr) => {
      throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
    }
  );
```

You should choose the correct method for the third assertion - `isString` vs. `isNotString`.

```js
(getUserInput) =>
  $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(
    (data) => {
      assert.equal(data.assertions[2].method, 'isString', 'A JSON is a string');
    },
    (xhr) => {
      throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
    }
  );
```

# --solutions--

```js
/**
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  because they would need to be tested against a full working project. 
  Please check our contributing guidelines to learn more.
*/
```