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I'm new to programming and this is in JavaScript. I'm running it on Google and it doesn't run, it's straight out of the book. Can you tell me why and what I need to do? Thank you.
<pre lang="Javascript">

function zeroPad(number, width) {
    let string = String(number);
    while (string.length < width){
        string = "0" + string;
    }
    return string;
}

function printFarmInventory(cows, chickens, pigs) {
    console.log(`${zeroPad(cows, 3)} Cows`);
    console.log(`${zeroPad(chickens, 3)} Chickens`);
    console.log(`${zeroPad([pigs], 3)} Pigs`);
}

printFarmInventory(7, 16, 3);


What I have tried:

This is all i've tried bc this is what the book was showing.
Posted
Updated 17-Apr-20 14:51pm
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[no name] 17-Apr-20 19:36pm    
"and it doesn't run" is not very helpful. Please describe what you get and what you expect.
Patrice T 17-Apr-20 22:12pm    
"it's straight out of the book."
because there is only 1 book.
Richard MacCutchan 18-Apr-20 3:37am    
You already posted this in the Javascript forum. Please do not crosspost.
JaHowler 18-Apr-20 14:20pm    
sorry, but it seems simple enough to read over and skip. Have a good one

1 solution

Is this what you were expecting? If so it is working perfectly fine
007 Cows
016 Chickens
003 Pigs
This is the code I ran, putting your code into an HTML file
HTML
<html>
<head>
<title>k</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function zeroPad(number, width) {
    let string = String(number);
    while (string.length < width){
        string = "0" + string;
    }
    return string;
}

function printFarmInventory(cows, chickens, pigs) {
    console.log(`${zeroPad(cows, 3)} Cows`);
    console.log(`${zeroPad(chickens, 3)} Chickens`);
    console.log(`${zeroPad([pigs], 3)} Pigs`);
}

printFarmInventory(7, 16, 3);
</script>
</body>
</html>
So save this document, and open it up with your browser. You will get a blank page. That is fine.
What you need to do is to right-click and choose Inspect (or ctrl-shift-j) t open up the javascript console.
 
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JaHowler 18-Apr-20 14:21pm    
Thank you, I appreciate your time.

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