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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Create a `do...while` loop

John Odom
John Odom
4,094 Points
Posted by John Odom
John Odom
4,094 Points

Ahoy! Where did I go wrong? HELP PLEASE:)

I thought this was a clever solution. Alas. What should I do differently?

script.js 
var secret = false;

do {
  prompt("What is the secret password?");
  if (secret === "sesame") {
    secret = true;
  }
} while ( secret !== "sesame" ) 

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

akak
akak
29,445 Points
akak
akak
29,445 Points

You are pretty close. First of all you didn't assign your answer anywhere so if will always turn out false. Plus you need to check if secret is true or false, not if it's a string. 

var secret = false;

do {
  var answer = prompt("What is the secret password?");
  if (answer === "sesame") {
    secret = true;
  }
} while ( !secret )
John Odom
John Odom
4,094 Points
John Odom
John Odom
4,094 Points

Thank you, matey!