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

Posted by Adam Hollister
Adam Hollister
1,479 Points

Code works fine, and seems totally correct. Is this quiz broken??

No matter what I do I can't get this quiz to accept my answer, and I can't for the life of me see an issue with the javascript. Any ideas?

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

if( answer === 'Javascript' ) { alert('You are correct'); }

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>

2 Answers

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

Since you're checking if it is exactly the same as JavaScript, the S must be capitalized.

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

if( answer === 'JavaScript' ) {
  alert('You are correct');
}
Adam Hollister
Adam Hollister
1,479 Points
Adam Hollister
Adam Hollister
1,479 Points

ahh wow my eye must have totally skipped over that about 15 times haha. Thanks for your help!