Part 2 Complete

Author: Edward King

stringing-characters-together/exercises/part-two.js

@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
 //Part Two Section One
 
-let dna = " TCG-TAC-gaC-TAC-CGT-CAG-ACT-TAa-CcA-GTC-cAt-AGA-GCT    ";
+let dna = " TCG-TAC-gaC-TAC-CGT-CAG-ACT-TAa-CcA-GTC-cAt-AGA-GCT    ".trim().toUpperCase();
 
 // First, print out the dna strand in it's current state.
-
+console.log(dna);
 //1) Use the .trim() method to remove the leading and trailing whitespace, then print the result.
-
-console.log(/* Your code here. */);
-
+let newDna = dna.trim();
+console.log(newDna);
 //2) Change all of the letters in the dna string to UPPERCASE, then print the result.
-
-console.log();
+let dnaUpper = dna.toUpperCase();
+console.log(dnaUpper);
 
 //3) Note that after applying the methods above, the original, flawed string is still stored in dna. To fix this, we need to reassign the changes to back to dna.
 //Apply these fixes to your code so that console.log(dna) prints the DNA strand in UPPERCASE with no whitespace.
 
-console.log(dna);
+//console.log(dna);
 
 //Part Two Section Two
 
 let dnaTwo = "TCG-TAC-GAC-TAC-CGT-CAG-ACT-TAA-CCA-GTC-CAT-AGA-GCT";
-
+console.log(dnaTwo.indexOf('CAT'));
 //1) Replace the gene "GCT" with "AGG", and then print the altered strand.
-
+let dnaTwoReplace = dnaTwo.replace('GCT', 'AGG');
+console.log(dnaTwoReplace);
 //2) Look for the gene "CAT" with ``indexOf()``. If found print, "CAT gene found", otherwise print, "CAT gene NOT found".
-
+if (dnaTwo.indexOf("CAT") === 40){
+    console.log("CAT gene found");
+}else{
+    console.log("CAT gene NOT found");
+}
 //3) Use .slice() to print out the fifth gene (set of 3 characters) from the DNA strand.
-
+console.log(dnaTwo.slice(16, 19));
 //4) Use a template literal to print, "The DNA strand is ___ characters long."
-
+console.log(`The DNA strand is ${dnaTwo.length} characters long`);
 //5) Just for fun, apply methods to ``dna`` and use another template literal to print, 'taco cat'.
+console.log(`${dna.slice(4,7).toLowerCase()}o ${dna.slice(dna.indexOf('CAT'),dna.indexOf('CAT')+3).toLowerCase()}`);