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

Jeremy Coleman
Jeremy Coleman
5,449 Points
Posted by Jeremy Coleman
Jeremy Coleman
5,449 Points

Issue with IF statement and Booleans..

So, I am having issues getting this code to work properly. I think I know the problem. The response of true and false is a string and not a boolean. So, how would I go about turning a string into a boolean?

var quest1 = prompt("True or False. There are 196 official countries in the world today?"); //Answer is false.

if (quest1 === false ) { alert("Correct!"); } else { alert("Wrong!"); };

2 Answers

Nhat Nguyen
Nhat Nguyen
4,669 Points
Nhat Nguyen
Nhat Nguyen
4,669 Points

You can fix that by changing false to "false". Javascript will then interpret that as a comparision between your string and the string "false".

Jeremy Coleman
Jeremy Coleman
5,449 Points
Jeremy Coleman
Jeremy Coleman
5,449 Points

Ah thank you! That fixed my problem.. Been struggling with that for a hour or 2 lol