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id: 587d7b89367417b2b2512b49
title: Use Destructuring Assignment to Assign Variables from Objects
challengeType: 1
---
## Description
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Destructuring allows you to assign a new variable name when extracting values. You can do this by putting the new name after a colon when assigning the value.
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Using the same object from the last example:
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```js
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const user = { name: 'John Doe', age: 34 };
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```
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Here's how you can give new variable names in the assignment:
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```js
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const { name: userName, age: userAge } = user;
// userName = 'John Doe', userAge = 34
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```
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You may read it as "get the value of < code > user.name< / code > and assign it to a new variable named < code > userName< / code > " and so on.
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## Instructions
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Replace the two assignments with an equivalent destructuring assignment. It should still assign the variables < code > highToday< / code > and < code > highTomorrow< / code > the values of < code > today< / code > and < code > tomorrow< / code > from the < code > HIGH_TEMPERATURES< / code > object.
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## Tests
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```yml
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tests:
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- text: You should remove the ES5 assignment syntax.
testString: assert(!code.match(/highToday = HIGH_TEMPERATURES\.today/g) && !code.match(/highTomorrow = HIGH_TEMPERATURES\.tomorrow/g))
- text: You should use destructuring to create the < code > highToday</ code > variable.
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testString: assert(code.match(/(var|const|let)\s*{\s*(today:\s*highToday[^}]*|[^,]*,\s*today\s*:\s*highToday\s*)}\s*=\s*HIGH_TEMPERATURES(;|\s+|\/\/)/g));
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- text: You should use destructuring to create the < code > highTomorrow</ code > variable.
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testString: assert(code.match(/(var|const|let)\s*{\s*(tomorrow:\s*highTomorrow[^}]*|[^,]*,\s*tomorrow\s*:\s*highTomorrow\s*)}\s*=\s*HIGH_TEMPERATURES(;|\s+|\/\/)/g));
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```
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## Challenge Seed
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< div id = 'js-seed' >
```js
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const HIGH_TEMPERATURES = {
yesterday: 75,
today: 77,
tomorrow: 80
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};
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// change code below this line
const highToday = HIGH_TEMPERATURES.today;
const highTomorrow = HIGH_TEMPERATURES.tomorrow;
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// change code above this line
console.log(yesterday) // should be not defined
console.log(highToday); // should be 77
console.log(highTomorrow); // should be 80
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```
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## Solution
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```js
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const HIGH_TEMPERATURES = {
yesterday: 75,
today: 77,
tomorrow: 80
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};
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// change code below this line
const { today: highToday, tomorrow: highTomorrow } = HIGH_TEMPERATURES;
// change code above this line
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console.log(highToday); // should be 77
console.log(highTomorrow); // should be 80
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```
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