diff --git a/week-1/exercises/initials.js b/week-1/exercises/initials.js
index 50b62103..90dfacfc 100644
--- a/week-1/exercises/initials.js
+++ b/week-1/exercises/initials.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 let firstName = "Creola";
 let middleName = "Katherine";
 let lastName = "Johnson";
+let initials ="";
+initials+=(firstName[0]);
+initials+=(middleName[0]);
+initials+=(lastName[0]);
+console.log(initials);
 
 // Declare a variable called initials that stores the first character of each string in upper case to form the user's initials
 // Log the variable in each case
diff --git a/week-1/exercises/paths.js b/week-1/exercises/paths.js
index c91cd2ab..c7af1b4e 100644
--- a/week-1/exercises/paths.js
+++ b/week-1/exercises/paths.js
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@
 
 const filePath = "/Users/mitch/cyf/Module-JS1/week-1/interpret/file.txt";
 const lastSlashIndex = filePath.lastIndexOf("/");
+const lastPeriodIndex = filePath.lastIndexOf(".")
 const base = filePath.slice(lastSlashIndex + 1);
+const dir  = filePath.slice(0,lastSlashIndex + 1);
+const ext  = filePath.slice(lastPeriodIndex);
 console.log(`The base part of ${filePath} is ${base}`);
+console.log(`The dir part of ${filePath} is ${dir}`);
+console.log(`The ext part of ${filePath} is ${ext}`);
 
 // Create a variable to store the dir part of the filePath variable
 // Create a variable to store the ext part of the variable