Update wording for step 5 of pyramid project

[jmmarco]

Describe the Issue

Currently on step number 5 there's a note that reads

Note that when reassigning a variable that has already been declared, you do not use the let keyword.

As it stands this note is incorrect and unnecessary.

Affected Page

https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures-v8/learn-introductory-javascript-by-building-a-pyramid-generator/step-5

Your code

No code, just instructions re-wording.

Expected behavior

The note could be changed to:

Note: You can only re-assign a variables that has been declared with let

Or we can simply remove it altogether instead.

Screenshots

System

• Device: [Laptop]
• OS: [MacOS 12.7.4]
• Browser: [Chrome]
• Version: [124.0.6367.91]

Additional context

No response

[Sembauke]

The note is correct. I think you are interpertering it wrong?

It is saying let does not need to be used when re-assinging the variable with a new value.

edit: It is not saying that you can use any kind of keyword like const or var

[jmmarco]

I understand what's it's trying to convey, but it's written in a confusing way.
Here's the text directly copied into ChatGPT for some additional context:

[gikf]

Text refers to potential situation when both assignments are using let, ie:

let programmer = "Naomi";
let programmer = "CamperChan";

Depending on where exactly both are used, this can result in SyntaxError.

---

x = 10;

There's no let on this line. It's one of the cases when chat doesn't know what it's talking about.

[huyenltnguyen]

Hi @jmmarco, thank you for creating the issue.

As Sem pointed out, we don't think the note should be updated to

Note: You can only re-assign a variables that has been declared with let

because the new version communicates different information from the original.

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I think the confusion came from the word "declared". The word isn't needed since "reassigning" already implies that the variable has been declared, so I'd propose changing the sentence a little:

--- Note that when reassigning a variable that has already been declared, you do **not** use the `let` keyword.
+++ Note that when reassigning a variable, you do **not** use the `let` keyword again.

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cc'ing @jdwilkin4 for input, since you're much more experienced with this kind of change than I am 😄

[jmmarco]

Thanks for the input @huyenltnguyen your proposal addresses the issue I presented👍

[jdwilkin4]

That change works for me.
Let's open it up for first timers

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Files that need to be changed

https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/blob/main/curriculum/challenges/english/15-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures-22/learn-introductory-javascript-by-building-a-pyramid-generator/660ef31a5be625914a0102cd.md

updated description

When a variable is declared with the `let` keyword, you can <dfn>reassign</dfn> (or change the value of) that variable later on. In this example, the value of `programmer` is changed from `"Naomi"` to `"CamperChan"`.

```js
let programmer = "Naomi";
programmer = "CamperChan";
```

Note that when reassigning a variable, you do **not** use the `let` keyword again.

After your `console.log`, assign the value `"World"` to your `character` variable.

Happy coding