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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Introducing Conditional Statements

Posted by WES Waters
WES Waters
1,635 Points

Add a conditional statement that opens an alert dialog box with the message "You are correct" when the answer is the str

app.js 
var answer=prompt("What is the best programming language?") ;
if(answer === 'Javascript') { 
  alert ('You are correct');
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
WES Waters
WES Waters
1,635 Points

Comparing strings is case sensitive. So 'Javascript' or 'javascript' is not equal to 'JavaScript'

1 Answer

WES Waters
WES Waters
1,635 Points

Thanks!