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

Jordan Lungwe-Forde
Jordan Lungwe-Forde
737 Points
Posted by Jordan Lungwe-Forde
Jordan Lungwe-Forde
737 Points

Hi guys for some reason I'm not passing the task. I can't spot any syntax errors....?

I don't see the problem

app.js 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?')

if ( answer === 'JavaScript' ) {
  alert("You are correct")
}else{
  alert("JavaScript is the best language!")
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

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You are missing a closing curly brace for the else clause.

EDIT: You are also missing semicolons, but they aren't required in JS. I highly recommend getting into the habit of using them, though, since they are conventional.

Scott Zangraft
Scott Zangraft
3,084 Points
Scott Zangraft
Scott Zangraft
3,084 Points 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');

if ( answer === 'JavaScript' ) {
  alert("You are correct");
}else{
  alert("JavaScript is the best language!");
}

You missed the ; after your alert statements. Above code should be correct. Hope this helps.