Spelling “Banana” with JavaScript

You could read the title of this article and have the answer, or we can dive into the sneaky way to spell out “banana” in the JavaScript console, and why it works.

The Code

Let’s not jump the shark and get right into the code that spells out banana.

const banana = "b" + "a" + + "a" + "a";
console.info("B: ", banana);

Seems off, right? All the a’s are there, but no n’s.. …

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