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luckius kajoka
1,695 Pointshow can i declear "secrety" variable before the loop there
help me please
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
do {
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
if ( secret === "sesame" ) {
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
}
} while ( secret !== "sesame")
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 PointsHey luckius kajoka , you are declaring the secret variable two times , that's producing your error .
As , we know , we usedo-while loop only ,when we want our code to run atleast one time .
Here , we want the user to be prompted atleast once , hence we will put that statement within do block like this -
var secret ;
do{
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
} while(secret !== "sesame")
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
Also , in the given code , this line of code -
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
is outside of the loop , so you need not to alter it's position.
Also , it's reason is , document.write statement will not be executed until the loop gets terminated i,e until secret === 'sesame'
Hope it helps . Thank you :)