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Tre .
1,574 PointsJS Basics - Conditional Challenge Task part 3 of 3
It's not accepting my 'else' clause. Not sure what is wrong.
var answer = prompt ('What is the best programming language?'); if (answer === 'JavaScript') { alert ('You are correct!')}; else { alert ('JavaScript is the best language!')};
var answer = prompt ('What is the best programming language?');
if (answer === 'JavaScript') {
alert ('You are correct!')};
else {
alert ('JavaScript is the best language!')};
<!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
Ryan S
27,276 PointsHi Tre,
When working with conditional statements in JavaScript, the block (pair of curly braces) does not end with a semi-colon. So if you take out the semi-colons on the end of your if/else blocks, it should work.
It won't necessarily cause a problem all the time, like in Task 2 you still were able to pass it with the semi-colon, but once you start linking if, else, and else if statements you will most likely experience problems.
Good luck.
Tre .
1,574 PointsAH right...Yep, got it thanks!!