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

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
7,386 Points

Add conditional statement, JavaScript?

I wrote the code directly as instructed. The last of the 3 challenges in a row is stating there is something wrong with the first part of the code..

app.js 
var answer = prompt ('What is the best programming language?')
if (answer ==='JavaScript')
{
  document.write ("<p>You are correct</p>");
  {
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>

2 Answers

Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points
Daniel Gauthier
Daniel Gauthier
15,000 Points

Hey Sarah,

I just ran through the challenge and its asking you to write alert statements, not document.write statements. The code below passes and should help pinpoint where you were going wrong.

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');

if (answer === 'JavaScript') {
 alert('You are correct'); 
} else {
 alert('JavaScript is the best language!'); 
}

Good luck with the course!

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
7,386 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
7,386 Points

Thank you, Daniel. You are correct! I'm going to look at it again later. I swear the directions were different in the first go. Could be me..