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## 🌟 Wololo 🧙
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### Converting types
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As you now know, the number `42` is different than the string `'42'`, but if we
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write `` `${42}` `` we converted the number to a string !
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We see it because of the delimiters, but it is also true for the memory in your
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computer.
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For example we can not multiply strings, if you try to do `'hello' * 2` or
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`'hello' * 'hello'` you will have an unexpected result.
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> Well what were you expecting really ? `'hellohello'` maybe ?
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So sometimes it is useful to go from strings to number to boolean _and back !_
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- `Number` is a function to convert to a number.
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- `Boolean` is a function to convert to a boolean.
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- `String` is a function to convert to, you guessed it, a string.
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So to convert a `boolean` to a `string` we would write:
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```js
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String(true)
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```
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One other way we can use `placeholders` for, is to convert from any values to a
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string, but using functions is clearer than abusing placeholder syntax:
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```js
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let str42Placeholder = `${42}` // was this a mistake ?
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let str42Function = String(42) // ah okay we want a string !
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```
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> So there you have it, calling, arguments and return values. Let's see you
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> apply all of that now.
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### Instructions
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For this exercise, we provided 3 variables `num`, `bool` and `str` of a matching
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type.
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Using the magical power of functions, execute the following conversions:
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- Declare a `stringFromNumber` variable of the converted value of `num` to a
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`string`
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- Declare a `stringFromBoolean` variable of the converted value of `bool` to a
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`string`
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- Declare a `numberFromString` variable of the converted value of `str` to a
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`number`
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- Declare a `numberFromBoolean` variable of the converted value of `bool` to a
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`number`
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- Declare a `booleanFromString` variable of the converted value of `str` to a
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`boolean`
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- Declare a `booleanFromNumber` variable of the converted value of `num` to a
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`boolean`
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