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

Posted by kimberlygotzion
kimberlygotzion
8,360 Points

It says "Task one (var answer) is no longer working."

I don't understand why this doesn't work, as far as line one.

app.js 
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");
if(answer.toUpperCase === "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>

2 Answers

David Moran
David Moran
9,617 Points
David Moran
David Moran
9,617 Points

Hey Kimberly,

The question wants to make sure that you are just looking for 'JavaScript' and not the fully uppercase version. Try writing a conditional that specifically looks for the string 'JavaScript' (with the two capital letters) and see how that goes.

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

You need to remove the semi-colon from inside the if statement. It's causing a syntax error, which causes the script to fail to run.