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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Introducing Conditional Statements

Ravon Henson
Ravon Henson
4,038 Points
Posted by Ravon Henson
Ravon Henson
4,038 Points

I do not know how to fix the problem when javascript is case sensitive

It keeps saying that it is not case sensitive even though I added a ||

app.js 
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?")
if (answer === "javascript" || answer === "Javascript") {
  alert("You are correct")
}
index.html 
<!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

Owa Aquino
Owa Aquino
19,277 Points
Owa Aquino
Owa Aquino
19,277 Points

Have you tried to add .toUpperCase or .toLowerCase?

Like this

if (answer.toLowerCase() === "javascript") {
  alert("You are correct")
}

The code above makes your answer value to lower case which will be the same with the "javascript" which is already lower case.

Note if you're going to use .toUPperCase() make sure it's === to "JAVASCRIPT".

Hope this helps!

Cheers!