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Radi Totev 4d620dea1a fix(curriculum): allow spaces before brackets (#45494)
* chore(curriculum): update regex in use-braket-notation-* tests

Update regex used in tests, so that tests are more forgiving and spaces tolerant.

* Allow for spaces within brackets
2022-03-22 13:52:13 +01:00

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---
id: bd7123c9c450eddfaeb5bdef
title: Use Bracket Notation to Find the Nth Character in a String
challengeType: 1
videoUrl: 'https://scrimba.com/c/cWPVJua'
forumTopicId: 18343
dashedName: use-bracket-notation-to-find-the-nth-character-in-a-string
---
# --description--
You can also use <dfn>bracket notation</dfn> to get the character at other positions within a string.
Remember that computers start counting at `0`, so the first character is actually the zeroth character.
Example:
```js
const firstName = "Ada";
const secondLetterOfFirstName = firstName[1];
```
`secondLetterOfFirstName` would have a value of the string `d`.
# --instructions--
Let's try to set `thirdLetterOfLastName` to equal the third letter of the `lastName` variable using bracket notation.
**Hint:** Try looking at the example above if you get stuck.
# --hints--
The `thirdLetterOfLastName` variable should have the value of `v`.
```js
assert(thirdLetterOfLastName === 'v');
```
You should use bracket notation.
```js
assert(code.match(/thirdLetterOfLastName\s*=\s*lastName\s*\[\s*\d\s*\]/));
```
# --seed--
## --after-user-code--
```js
(function(v){return v;})(thirdLetterOfLastName);
```
## --seed-contents--
```js
// Setup
const lastName = "Lovelace";
// Only change code below this line
const thirdLetterOfLastName = lastName; // Change this line
```
# --solutions--
```js
const lastName = "Lovelace";
const thirdLetterOfLastName = lastName[2];
```