Javascript Curriculum should alert camper that they're trying to print the page

[a2937]

Describe the Issue

It's not exactly common, but it's an extremely easy mistake to make. In Python, you would use the print function to print things out. However in our JavaScript lessons; it prompts the camper to print out the current page they're in within the curriculum. There should be some kind of universal check tied to this type of challenge that determines if the code in the challenge contains the print function instead of console.log.

Affected Page

https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures-v8/learn-introductory-javascript-by-building-a-pyramid-generator/step-4

Your code

print("This is a test"); 

Expected behavior

Rather than the print page prompt showing up, the test once evaluated should tell me that I've made a mistake and should be using console.log.

Screenshots

No response

System

• Device: Desktop
• OS: Windows 10
• Browser: Firefox
• Version: 125.0.2

Additional context

Appears on this thread.

https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/stuck-on-step-32-print-i-is-going-to-my-printer/686617

[naomi-lgbt]

Interesting. I'm not a fan of overwriting the built-in print, personally.

[Sembauke]

Hey @a2937,
Thanks for bringing this to our intention. I think this is mostly because this user is new to programming. We should allow them to make mistakes!

We already have an example in the instructions on how to "print" something to console. I do not think we can make it any easier without over-engineering the test evaluator.

Thus I am closing this as not planned. Feel free to reopen if you feel like doing so.