# Learning React from the book

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-from-the-book/642617>\
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**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-from-the-book/642617 "2020-04-28T10:50:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![hash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@hash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hash)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-from-the-book/642617/1 "2020-04-28T10:50:33Z")

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Hi there,

I am unable to get past the first exercise in the book, the name Sherlock Holmes does not appear - I have even tried coping and pasting the digital copy of the code.

[Project 1|690x439](https://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/short-url/pKOT0biyQdVlxZhN5q7x6o380XV.png)

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-from-the-book/642617/2 "2020-04-28T14:11:59Z")

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Hey @hash! Welcome to the forums 🙂

You have an extra pair of `script` tags. If you remove them, that should fix it.

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**Author:** ![hash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@hash](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hash)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-react-from-the-book/642617/3 "2020-04-28T15:21:45Z")

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Hi there,  
And thank you for having this forum and thank you for your reply as well.

They have been removed and now I can progress happily along. Thank you.