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Teacher Russell
16,873 Pointsdo...while loops?
Getting stuck on every exercise. Getting no studying done. Time to quit Treehouse and hire a teacher:) But one last one...Anyone?
do {
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" )
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Jon Schiedermayer
7,709 PointsPretty close. If you declare the variable before the loop (var secret;) and add a semicolon after the while condition you should have it correct.
Lee Zamastil
21,628 PointsBummer! You should declare the
secretvariable before the loop. Otherwise, you re-create that variable each time through the loop.
Though your code executes just fine in the browser, this response to your code is letting you know that your loop is re-declaring the secret variable with each loop iteration. Re-declaring variables (unless you have a specific reason to do so) is considered bad form. And that's why the Code Challenge won't allow it.
The following also executes just fine in the browser and the Code Challenge accepts it as valid:
var secret;
do {
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" )
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
Christopher De Lette
Courses Plus Student 7,139 PointsChristopher De Lette
Courses Plus Student 7,139 PointsHi Russell,
You are doing a great job as you have everything correct syntactically setting up the do while loop, however, you are creating a variable inside the loop and with each iteration the compiler will try to create a new variable. Try declaring your variable globally and remove the declaration from your loop.
Take care and happy coding!