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id: 587d7b8a367417b2b2512b4e
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title: Create Strings using Template Literals
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challengeType: 1
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forumTopicId: 301200
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dashedName: create-strings-using-template-literals
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---
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# --description--
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A new feature of ES6 is the < dfn > template literal< / dfn > . This is a special type of string that makes creating complex strings easier.
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Template literals allow you to create multi-line strings and to use string interpolation features to create strings.
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Consider the code below:
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```js
const person = {
name: "Zodiac Hasbro",
age: 56
};
// Template literal with multi-line and string interpolation
const greeting = `Hello, my name is ${person.name}!
I am ${person.age} years old.`;
console.log(greeting); // prints
// Hello, my name is Zodiac Hasbro!
// I am 56 years old.
```
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A lot of things happened there. Firstly, the example uses backticks (`` ` ``), not quotes (` '` or `"` ), to wrap the string. Secondly, notice that the string is multi-line, both in the code and the output. This saves inserting `\n` within strings. The `${variable}` syntax used above is a placeholder. Basically, you won't have to use concatenation with the `+` operator anymore. To add variables to strings, you just drop the variable in a template string and wrap it with `${` and `}` . Similarly, you can include other expressions in your string literal, for example `${a + b}` . This new way of creating strings gives you more flexibility to create robust strings.
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# --instructions--
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Use template literal syntax with backticks to create an array of list element (`li`) strings. Each list element's text should be one of the array elements from the `failure` property on the `result` object and have a `class` attribute with the value `text-warning` . The `makeList` function should return the array of list item strings.
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Use an iterator method (any kind of loop) to get the desired output (shown below).
```js
[
'< li class = "text-warning" > no-var< / li > ',
'< li class = "text-warning" > var-on-top< / li > ',
'< li class = "text-warning" > linebreak< / li > '
]
```
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# --hints--
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`failuresList` should be an array containing `result failure` messages.
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```js
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assert(
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typeof makeList(result.failure) === 'object' & & failuresList.length === 3
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);
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```
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`failuresList` should be equal to the specified output.
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```js
assert(
makeList(result.failure).every(
(v, i) =>
v === `<li class="text-warning">${result.failure[i]}</li>` ||
v === `<li class='text-warning'>${result.failure[i]}</li>`
)
);
```
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Template strings and expression interpolation should be used.
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```js
(getUserInput) => assert(getUserInput('index').match(/(`.*\${.*}.*`)/));
```
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An iterator should be used.
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```js
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(getUserInput) =>
assert(getUserInput('index').match(/for|map|reduce|forEach|while/));
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```
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# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```js
const result = {
success: ["max-length", "no-amd", "prefer-arrow-functions"],
failure: ["no-var", "var-on-top", "linebreak"],
skipped: ["no-extra-semi", "no-dup-keys"]
};
function makeList(arr) {
// Only change code below this line
const failureItems = [];
// Only change code above this line
return failureItems;
}
const failuresList = makeList(result.failure);
```
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# --solutions--
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```js
const result = {
success: ["max-length", "no-amd", "prefer-arrow-functions"],
failure: ["no-var", "var-on-top", "linebreak"],
skipped: ["no-extra-semi", "no-dup-keys"]
};
function makeList(arr) {
return arr.map(val => `<li class="text-warning">${val}</li>` );
}
const failuresList = makeList(result.failure);
```