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

Josh Calkins
Josh Calkins
3,623 Points
Posted by Josh Calkins
Josh Calkins
3,623 Points

JavaScript Basics - Introduction to Conditional Statements quiz

Hey guys,

I'm getting an error message that's saying task 1 is no longer passing. I checked my syntax for any errors inside of my if block and have run it every way I can think of and it's still not passing. I've analyzed the code in the video right before the quiz and made sure that mine was an exact mimic of it, but I'm still not having any luck. Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

app.js 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if ( answer.toUpperCase === 'JAVASCRIPT' ){
  alert('That is 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

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
8,841 Points

Can you try this and check if it passes. The question is to check the validation with "JavaScript" and did not request to use toUpperCase() function

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if ( answer === 'JavaScript' ){
  alert('That is correct');
}
Josh Calkins
Josh Calkins
3,623 Points
Josh Calkins
Josh Calkins
3,623 Points

That did it! I had tried that before but without the capital 'S' in Script and it gave me an error message for capitalization. Thanks so much for the help!

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
8,841 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
8,841 Points

Nice. It is a case sensitive word in the challenge. This happens in most of the challenges