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

Posted by Kenny Nadel
Kenny Nadel
7,695 Points

Javascript conditional statement

I'm not sure why I'm getting an error here. My prompt runs and everything works, but it won't let me continue to the next task.

app.js 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if ( answer.toLowerCase() === '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

George Zabel
George Zabel
5,194 Points

You're close. Just change it to

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if(answer === "JavaScript"){
  alert("You are correct");
}

and it'll pass. Always double check the question to see if you're doing exactly what the question asks for!

Please upvote and mark as best answer if this was helpful!