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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge

Posted by Pau Garcab
Pau Garcab
7,543 Points

I can't find the syntax error

var correctAnswers = 0;

var question1 = prompt("Are this the question one? (y/n)");
if (question1 === "y") {
  alert("You're right!");
  correctAnswers += 1;
  alert ("Correct answers : " + correctAnswers );
} else {
  alert("I'm sorry, I hope you have better luck in the next question...");
  alert("Correct answers: " + correctAnswers );
}

var question2 = prompt("Are this the question two? (y/n)");
if (question2 === "y") {
  alert("You're right!");
  correctAnswers += 1;
  alert ("Correct answers : " + correctAnswers );
} else {
  alert("I'm sorry, I hope you have better luck in the next question...");
  alert("Correct answers: " + correctAnswers );
}

var question3 = prompt("Are this the question three? (y/n)");
if (question3 === "y") {
  alert("You're right!");
  correctAnswers += 1;
  alert ("Correct answers : " + correctAnswers );
} else {
  alert("I'm sorry, I hope you have better luck in the next question...");
  alert("Correct answers: " + correctAnswers );
}

var question4 = prompt("Are this the question four? (y/n)");
if (question4 === "y") {
  alert("You're right!");
  correctAnswers += 1;
  alert ("Correct answers : " + correctAnswers );
} else {
  alert("I'm sorry, I hope you have better luck in the next question...");
  alert("Correct answers: " + correctAnswers );
}

var question5 = prompt("Are this the question five? (y/n)");
if (question5 === "y") {
  alert("You're right!");
  correctAnswers += 1;
  alert ("Correct answers : " + correctAnswers );
} else {
  alert("I'm sorry, but it isn't...");
  alert("Correct answers: " + correctAnswers);
}


if (correctAnswers === 5) {
  document.write("<p>You won the gold crown!</p>");
} else if (correctAnswers >= 3) {
  document.write("<p>You won the silver crown!</p>");
} else if (correctAnswers >=1) {
  document.write("<p>You won the bronze crown!</p>");
} else {
  document.write("<p>You could not get any crown, try it again</p>"!);
}

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Pau,

First off, I added the markdown to make the code readable in the forum. You can see how this was done by going to "edit question" and looking at where and how I added the backticks and language.

As for your syntax error, it is just a typo in your last line of code. Your exclamation mark (!) is outside of the quotation marks. Just move the ! inside the quotes and it works.

document.write("<p>You could not get any crown, try it again</p>!");

Good job, by the way!

Keep Coding! :)

Pau Garcab
Pau Garcab
7,543 Points

It works! Thank you very much for both helps