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Fix last4Digits assignment by converting cardNumber to string before slicing
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Sprint-1/2-mandatory-errors/3.js

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const cardNumber = 4533787178994213;
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const last4Digits = cardNumber.slice(-4);
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const last4Digits = cardNumber.toString().slice(-4);
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console.log(`The last 4 digits of my card number are ${last4Digits}`);
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// The last4Digits variable should store the last 4 digits of cardNumber
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// However, the code isn't working
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// Before running the code, make and explain a prediction about why the code won't work
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//it doesn't work because the slice method is used for strings and arrays but cardNumber is a number so it doesn't have the slice method.
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// Then run the code and see what error it gives.
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// Consider: Why does it give this error? Is this what I predicted? If not, what's different?
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// Then try updating the expression last4Digits is assigned to, in order to get the correct value
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// to fix this error we can convert the number to a string using the toString() method before applying the slice method

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