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[beta]Es6: Problems with the var keyword

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Challenge Name

https://beta.freecodecamp.com/en/challenges/es6/problems-with-the-var-keyword

Issue Description

I’m not sure if it is a bug or just me, but I can’t seem to pass this challenge, even my simply commenting out let redNosedReindeer = "Comet"; and re-ordering the code so the hoisting is done correctly to assign redNosedReindeer before favorite

Your Code

 `let redNosedReindeer = "Rudolph";
// let redNosedReindeer = "Comet";
let favorite = redNosedReindeer + " is Santa's favorite reindeer."; 
`

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:9 (1 by maintainers)

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abigailbeetscommented, Sep 5, 2017

Hi, newbie helper here. I think the directions should be re-written. “Use strict” is not required to pass the test and there is no function (so you can’t really use the function form of ‘is strict’); furthermore, wrapping the code in a function either fails all of the tests or says ‘something went wrong, try again later’. I would be happy to rewrite the directions to be more clear, or the tests to accommodate a function.

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profoundhubcommented, Dec 27, 2017

Getting error: // running test "missing ) after argument list" // tests completed

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