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garryl torres
1,090 Pointsis this code valid for my do/while loop?
i used the following code for this task, but the message shows that "the prompt should go inside the do..while loop". What am i doing wrong here?
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
var pass = "sesame";
do {
secret === pass;
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" ) {
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
1 Answer
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsThe syntax you want to use is:
do {
code block to be executed
}
while (condition);
You know the code to be executed:
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
and the condition:
secret !== "sesame"
The only thing remaining is to do as the challenge asks and declare secret before the loop. One of the error messages gives you the code:
var secret;
Note in the declaration secret is not assigned the results of prompt. This is so you don't prompt the user twice before the response is checked.
garryl torres
1,090 Pointsthank you !
garryl torres
1,090 Pointsgarryl torres
1,090 PointsHere is another code i tried. I might have been closer with this one BUT still got an error saying to call the prompt only once.
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); var pass = "sesame"; var userPass = false; do { secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); if (secret === pass) { userPass = true; } }while ( secret !== "sesame" ) { secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
} document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");