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

Posted by Haardik Gupta
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Haardik Gupta
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,459 Points

Confused

I have no idea what to do this challenge is very confusing can someone explain it to me

script.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while ( secret !== "sesame" ) {
  secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");    
}
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>

2 Answers

Ritesh Maharjan
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Ritesh Maharjan
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Ritesh Maharjan
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Ritesh Maharjan
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var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); do { secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}while ( secret !== "sesame" ) document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

The answer should be something like this. So do while runs every time the answer is not sesame from the prompt.

Haardik Gupta
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Haardik Gupta
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,459 Points

i tried the exact code you wrote it gave me

Bummer: You only need to call the prompt() method once, and only inside the loop. Hint: Declare the secret variable before the loop.

Ritesh Maharjan
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Ritesh Maharjan
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Oops Sorry, i wasnt thinking properly. The answer should be following. Basically whats happening is prompt ask for the password and gets stored in the secret variable. And if the answer doesnt match with sesame, it keeps on running. Once answer is sesame, it comes out of loop and doucment.write is printed

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

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");