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

Abdullah Al Faruk
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Abdullah Al Faruk
Courses Plus Student 3,270 Points
Posted by Abdullah Al Faruk
Abdullah Al Faruk
Courses Plus Student 3,270 Points

How to fix it ?

Don't understand what is asked, and how to do that ?

script.js 
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.");
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Scott Wyngarden
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Scott Wyngarden
Courses Plus Student 16,700 Points
Scott Wyngarden
Scott Wyngarden
Courses Plus Student 16,700 Points

You're really close! Since the "Bummer" message says "You only need to call the prompt() method once, and only inside the loop. Hint: Declare the secret variable before the loop," you should remove where the code originally assigned the return value of the prompt to secret on the top line 

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");

and have it just be:

var secret;

The difference between a While loop and a Do... While loop is that the Do version will always execute at least once, but a While loop checks the condition before entering at all. That's why the original version had to have the prompt for the password both inside and outside the loop.