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

Shadrach Thomas
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Shadrach Thomas
Courses Plus Student 8,915 Points
Posted by Shadrach Thomas
Shadrach Thomas
Courses Plus Student 8,915 Points

conditional statement

please i need a good hint help i'm stuck

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a > b) {
    alert('<p>a is greater than b</p>')
} else {
    alert('<p>a is NOT greater than b</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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Evgeniia Mas
Evgeniia Mas
4,452 Points
Evgeniia Mas
Evgeniia Mas
4,452 Points

Finish your both alert instructions with semicolon! And perhaps challenge wants to use just text without tags <p>. Not sure about last moment.

alert('<p>a is greater than b</p>');
Reyam Marcos
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Reyam Marcos
Courses Plus Student 10,367 Points
Reyam Marcos
Reyam Marcos
Courses Plus Student 10,367 Points

tried the challenge, and as Evgeniia said, remove your paragraph tag, the <p></p> since the task is not asking for it, and add semicolon on the end of your alerts. 

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');
}

hope it works