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Start your free trialTom Daugherty
4,821 PointsI believe I am correct it runs.
I believe my current answer is correct but I come back with it asking if I used the > sign and I did and it runs.
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if ( 'a' > 'b') {
alert('a is greater than b');
} else {
alert('a is not greater than b');
}
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Bryan Tidwell
3,473 PointsYou're so close! The error is that you've put the variables a and b in quotes, so the program isn't reading the data stored in those variables. Kill those quotes and you're all set.
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a > b) {
alert('a is greater than b');
} else {
alert('a is not greater than b');
}
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,708 PointsTom,
Your code is comparing strings, not variables. While it may seem to run correctly, 'a'
will never be greater than 'b'
, as the character code decimal values are 97 and 98, respectively.
Hope this helps.
βRich
Tom Daugherty
4,821 PointsThank you I figured it out.
Tom Daugherty
4,821 PointsTom Daugherty
4,821 PointsThank you I got it.