Confusion In Test Output

Describe the Issue

Occasionally users are confused by the test output, as changing the contents of FCC can result in a message about capitalizing the variable name.

Affected Page

https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/declare-a-read-only-variable-with-the-const-keyword

Your code

const FCC = "FreeCodeCamp"; // Change this line
let fact = "is cool!"; // Change this line
fact = "is awesome!";
console.log(FCC, fact); // Change this line

Expected behavior

Two possibilities here.

1. add a sentence stating that the user should not change the variable contents

2. split the relevant test into two parts, one for changing the capitalization of the variable name and the other for not changing the contents

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Additional context

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[jeremylt]

https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/blob/main/curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/declare-a-read-only-variable-with-the-const-keyword.md

Suggested test change:

FCC should be a constant variable declared with const.

assert.match(code, /const\s+FCC/);

The string assigned to FCC should not be changed.

assert.equal(FCC, 'freeCodeCamp');

Suggested lesson content change:

–instructions–

Change the code so that all variables are declared using let or const. Use let when you want the variable to change, and const when you want the variable to remain constant. Also, rename variables declared with const to conform to common practices. Do not change the strings assigned to the variables.

[ieahleen]

This looks something that can be fixed by “first time” code contributors to this repository. For details look at Jeremy’s comment above, https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/issues/46295#issuecomment-1145129600.

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