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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Posted by billlasidar
billlasidar
1,919 Points

Code challenge check answer issue.

Im having an issue with the answer to this code challenge. I'm sure I typed it out correctly, however it denies my answer, and says "I don't see the message 'a is not greater then b'..."

Do I need to input a different method then alert? What could be the issue?

Thank you for the help

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if (a > b) {
  alert("a is greater then b")
} else {
  alert("a is not greater then b") 
}
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

It's just a spelling issue. Change "then" to "than".

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

The challenge is being particular about spelling.

:point_right: You must spell the word "than" with an "a" (not "then").

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

Your problem is due to some typos- you typed 'then' instead of 'than'. Here is the code, I cleaned it up a bit:

var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if(a > b) 
  alert("a is greater than b"); 
else 
  alert("a is not greater than b");