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

Joshua Thorley
Joshua Thorley
7,886 Points
Posted by Joshua Thorley
Joshua Thorley
7,886 Points

Is there an issue with this task? I'm sure my code is correct, and it performs as instructed in the preview mode.

I can't understand why my code isn't working. See below...

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?'); if ( answer === 'Javascript' ) { alert('You are correct'); }

2 Answers

Eden Avidan
Eden Avidan
8,932 Points
Eden Avidan
Eden Avidan
8,932 Points

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?'); if ( answer === 'Java*S*cript' ) { alert('You are correct'); }

Alan Gormican
Alan Gormican
7,792 Points
Alan Gormican
Alan Gormican
7,792 Points

var answer = prompt ("What is the best programming language?"); if (answer === "JavaScript") { alert ("You are correct"); }