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Listing 3.15 - A question and answer for a quiz app

var questionAndAnswer = {
    question: "What is the capital of France?",
    answer1: "Bordeaux",
    answer2: "F",
    answer3: "Paris",
    answer4: "Brussels",
    correctAnswer: "Paris",
    marksForQuestion: 2
};

Further Adventures

Listing 3.15 - A question and answer for a quiz app - Task 1

Use console.log to present the question and answer options in a nicely formatted way.

var questionAndAnswer = {
    question: "What is the capital of France?",
    answer1: "Bordeaux",
    answer2: "F",
    answer3: "Paris",
    answer4: "Brussels",
    correctAnswer: "Paris",
    marksForQuestion: 2
};

// Present the question
console.log(questionAndAnswer.question);

// Present the answer options
console.log("A) " + questionAndAnswer.answer1);
console.log("B) " + questionAndAnswer.answer2);
console.log("C) " + questionAndAnswer.answer3);
console.log("D) " + questionAndAnswer.answer4);

Listing 3.15 - A question and answer for a quiz app - Task 1

Use console.log to present the question and answer options in a nicely formatted way.

Here's an alternative approach.

var questionAndAnswer = {
    question: "What is the capital of France?",
    answer1: "Bordeaux",
    answer2: "F",
    answer3: "Paris",
    answer4: "Brussels",
    correctAnswer: "Paris",
    marksForQuestion: 2
};

// Present the question
console.log(questionAndAnswer.question);

// Create a variable for the answer options
var answers = "\n";

// Append the answer options to the answers string
answers += "A) " + questionAndAnswer.answer1 + "\n";
answers += "B) " + questionAndAnswer.answer2 + "\n";
answers += "C) " + questionAndAnswer.answer3 + "\n";
answers += "D) " + questionAndAnswer.answer4 + "\n";

// Display the answer options
console.log(answers);

The escape sequence, \n, is used to specify a new line.

When working with strings, the += operator creates a new string by appending the string on its right to the value of the variable on its left. It assigns the new string to the variable.