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Start your free trialJustin Oswald
5,969 PointsI am stuck on a Challenge task, it says that my code is incorrect. although I ran it in console and it ran fine.
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?"); if ( answer ==='JavaScript'); { document.write("You are correct"); }
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");
if(answer ==='JavaScript');
{
document.write("You are correct");
}
<!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>
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsThe "alert" function was one of two issues.
For the "if" statement to be able to control the code block that follows it, there must not be a semicolon after the conditional expression. If task 2 didn't catch that, task 3 certainly will.
Justin Oswald
5,969 PointsJustin Oswald
5,969 PointsJk Dumb mistake, I was using document.write and it was asking for the alert function. Thanks any ways.