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Update wording on Waypoint to clarify 0-indexing

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Nick Duffy 2016-01-02 10:53:24 -07:00
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"title": "Use Bracket Notation to Find the First Character in a String",
"description": [
"<code>Bracket notation</code> is a way to get a character at a specific <code>index</code> within a string.",
"Computers don't start counting at 1 like humans do. They start at 0. This is refered to as <dfn>Zero-based</dfn> indexing.",
"Most modern programming languages, like JavaScript, don't start counting at 1 like humans do. They start at 0. This is refered to as <dfn>Zero-based</dfn> indexing.",
"For example, the character at index 0 in the word \"Charles\" is \"C\". So if <code>var firstName = \"Charles\"</code>, you can get the value of the first letter of the string by using <code>firstName[0]</code>.",
"<h4>Instructions</h4>",
"Use <dfn>bracket notation</dfn> to find the first character in the <code>lastName</code> variable and assign it to <code>firstLetterOfLastName</code>.",