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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

antonio morales
antonio morales
912 Points

my alert is runninig but it wont let me pass the challenge

am i missing something or is this error on tree house

script.js
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a > b) { 
  alert ("<p>'a is greater than b'</p> ")
} else {
  alert ("a is NOT greater than b ")
}
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Jose Hernandez-Inzunza
Jose Hernandez-Inzunza
7,326 Points

Aren't you required to have semi-colons after your alert statements? That's the only thing I can see wrong with this code.

Ex: alert ("<p>'a is greater than b'</p> ");

2 Answers

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

You have an extra space at the end of your NOT string.

antonio morales
antonio morales
912 Points

thank you Mr. Jose Hernandez-Inzunza and Mr. Cooper Runstein for the help it was the extra space i cant believe I missed that .