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My code was working fine until I decided I wanted to try and return two values in my promise chain to the next function. I can call one of the values but not the other.

My code looks like this

app.get('/projects', (req, res) => 
practice.screamIt('matt').then((name) => 
 return [practice.translateIt(name), name]; //puts name as the parameter for next function
).then((translate) => 
 console.log(translate[1] + ' test occured here')
 console.log(translate[0][0].englishName)
 return [`The name you entered is $translate[1]`, `$translate[0].englishName is $translate[0].spanishName in spanish`]
).then((value)=>

 res.render('projects', 
 pageTitle: "Projects Page",
 practice: practice,
 value1: value[0],
 value2: value[1]
);

).catch((errorMessage)=>
 console.log(errorMessage)
)

);

And when I log the first bit of data it shows:

[ Promise englishName: 'Matt', spanishName: 'Mateo' ,'Matt' ]

I want to be able to call englishName, but can't seem to do so without getting undefined. I need to be able to call englishName in order for my second function work as intended.

You need to first resolve the translateIt() promise and use another then() to create the array

Change:

return [practice.translateIt(name), name];

To

return practice.translateIt(name).then(translate => [translate, name]);

I don't have a full copy if your code but it appears you're returning a Promise in an Array to the then handler which I don't believe will work?

practice.screamIt('matt').then((name) => 
 return practice.translateIt(name);
).then((translate) => 
 ...etc
).catch((errorMessage)=>
 console.log(errorMessage)
);

If you try something like that I believe that would work for you as it would be returning the result once the promise resolves.

I suppose you need to return Promise.all([practice.translateIt(name), name]) instead of practice.translateIt(name) as I its returning a promise.

That should return a single promise resolving to an array of values.