"++" operator not recognized in pre-increment position, (++myVar)

Challenge Name

https://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/increment-a-number-with-javascript#?solution= var myVar %3D 87%3B %2F%2F Only change code below this line myVar%2B%2B%3B

Issue Description

The test: Use the ++ operator fails when the pre-increment version of the “++” operator is used (i.e. “++myVar;”) rather than the post-increment version. Nothing in the description of the task precludes the pre-increment version being correct.

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Your Code

// If relevant, paste all of your challenge code in here
var myVar = 87;

// Only change code below this line
++myVar;

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[dmm10]

Thanks ya’ll! I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome.

Having poked your backend with alternate ‘correct’ solutions to prior challenges and been impressed with your robust handling of them this situation stuck out a bit. And I was hoping to contribute to the polish of your beautiful project.

I appreciate the peak behind the curtain. It confirmed that the modification only required a simple regex edit and that ya’ll really are a copacetic group.

Kudos all around!

On May 11, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Eric Leung [e-mail] wrote:

@SaintPeter good point. I was being careless 😄 Thanks!

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[SaintPeter]

@erictleung Won’t the above code pass with just myVar? Since both ++ sections are optional, that will match just myVar.

Better to do: /([+]{2}\s*myVar|myVar\s*[+]{2}/