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

eva rios mb
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eva rios mb
Courses Plus Student 3,948 Points
Posted by eva rios mb
eva rios mb
Courses Plus Student 3,948 Points

Adding a conditional statement: My answer really seems correct yet it's continually marked wrong. Re-did it 3 times.

WHERE IS THE BUG?

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

if (answer.toUpperCase === 'JAVASCRIPT') { document.write('You are correct'); }

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

if (answer.toUpperCase === 'JAVASCRIPT') {
  document.write('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>

1 Answer

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Although your answer would work in the real world. Code Challenges are a bit more strict in the answers they request.

You've added more to your code than the challenge has requested.

Task One asks that you declare the variable answer with a prompt to ask "What is the best programming language?" which you answered correctly.

However Task Two asks that you add a conditional to check if the answer is "JavaScript" and if so, alert "You are correct". The answer you provided changed the letter case of the answer given to uppercase and you wrote the answer to document rather than give an alert message.

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

if(answer === "JavaScript"){
  alert("You are correct");
}

I hope this helps.

Nicole Bearup
Nicole Bearup
2,860 Points
Nicole Bearup
Nicole Bearup
2,860 Points

I get the same problem when trying (answer === 'Javascript') or (answer.toUpperCase() === 'JAVASCRIPT'). Both result as incorrect.

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Yes. That goes with my initial statement of the code challenges being very picky about the answers they want.

the correct spelling would be "JavaScript"