I copied his code exactly but no prompt pops up when I run it.

Question

//two dimensional array
var questions = [
  ['How old is Steve?', 27],
  ['How old is Trevor?', 29],
  ['How old is the baby?', 0]
];
//variable to hold how many correct answers
var correctAnswers = 0;
//random question variable
var question;
//random answer variable
var answer;
//random response variable
var response;
//random html variable
var html;
//function to print the dialogue to the screen
function print(message) {
  document.write(message);
}
//for loop that cycles through each iteration in the array based upon the arrays length
for ( var i = 0; i < questions.length; i += 1) {
  //question is grabbing the first column in the array
  question = questions[i][0];
  //answer is grabbing the second column in the array
  answer = questions[i][1];
  //response holds the users answer and parses it to make it an integer
  response = parseInt(prompt(question));
  if (response === answer {
      correctAnswers += 1;
      }
}
html = "You got " + correctAnswers + " question(s) right.";
print(html);

tobiastrinkler · Accepted Answer

Hi Nicholas, it is quite hard to read your code like that. I would suggest you have a look a the Markdown Cheatsheet. It shows you how you can convert simple text to HTML. Neverthelesss, try this code this should help you:).
```Javascript
var questions = [
  ['How many states are in the United States?', 50],
  ['How many continents are there?', 7],
  ['How many legs does an insect have?', 6]
];
var correctAnswers = 0;
var question;
var answer;
var response;
var html;
function print(message) {
  document.write(message);
}
for (var i = 0; i < questions.length; i += 1) {
  question = questions[i][0];
  answer = questions[i][1];
  response = prompt(question);
  response = parseInt(response);
  if (response === answer) {
    correctAnswers += 1;
  } 
}
html = "You got " + correctAnswers + " question(s) right."
print(html);```

Steven Parker · Answer

It's very difficult to tell the code from the comments without formatting, but it looks like there's a missing closing parenthesis after the word "answer" in this part:
js
  if (response === answer { correctAnswers += 1; }

In future questions, please use the instructions for code formatting in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up below the "Add an Answer" area. :arrowheadingdown:
   Or watch this video on code formatting (https://teamtreehouse.com/library/code).

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Nicholas Wallen

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I copied his code exactly but no prompt pops up when I run it.

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Steven Parker

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