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

Martina Reiter
Martina Reiter
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Posted by Martina Reiter
Martina Reiter
17,654 Points

Do ...while code rewrite

He keeps telling me my code took too long to run...

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

1 Answer

Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
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Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
33,990 Points

Hi Martina, you have the right idea but not quite. The challenge is asking you to rewrite code so that it does the exact same thing but using a do while loop. So what we want to do is keep asking the user for the password as long as the password does NOT equal sesame, we can do this in the following way:

var secret; //declare the secret variable
do {
  secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); //ask for the password
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" ) //keep asking while the secret variable is NOT equal to "sesame"
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

Hope that helps!!

Martina Reiter
Martina Reiter
17,654 Points
Martina Reiter
Martina Reiter
17,654 Points

Yes, it worked :) Thank you!! I think i get the concept now