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

surprisemaimane
surprisemaimane
5,414 Points
Posted by surprisemaimane
surprisemaimane
5,414 Points

Javascript basics challenge wont take the correct answer when addingg answer.toUpperCase() on the answer field e

when adding:

var answer = prompt("What is your best pogramming language?"); the answer is accepted but when I add the conditional:

if(answer.toUpperCase() === 'JAVASCRIPT'){ alert("You are correct"); } Responshse I get is "It looks like Task 1 is no longer ....." Please help

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>

1 Answer

Christopher Misa
Christopher Misa
6,467 Points

The challenge is not worried about checking the case of the response, just matching the string "JavaScript."

Try if(answer === 'JavaScript') ...

surprisemaimane
surprisemaimane
5,414 Points
surprisemaimane
surprisemaimane
5,414 Points

Thanks that worked.. was concerned about case sensitivity iniially