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

Prabhuram Kalathingal
Prabhuram Kalathingal
1,057 Points
Posted by Prabhuram Kalathingal
Prabhuram Kalathingal
1,057 Points

My answer is correct but the editor keeps on showing "oh it looks like Task 1 is no longer passing", ??

var answer=prompt("What is the best programming language?"); if (answer.toUpperCase() === "JAVASCRIPT" ) { document.write('You are correct'); }

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>

3 Answers

Christopher Parke
Christopher Parke
21,978 Points
Christopher Parke
Christopher Parke
21,978 Points

It's because you're using strictly equals (===) rather than evaluates to (==). You don't want to be checking variable type as well. You want it to try to convert the type.

Lee Fendley
Lee Fendley
6,689 Points
Lee Fendley
Lee Fendley
6,689 Points

Hi Prabhuram,

Firstly the code you have typed is correct, however it's not what the evaluator is expecting. Charalampos is correct in stating you do not need to covert the answer to uppercase. Whilst this would be a better practise to avoid case sensitivity issues for the purpose of this task you only need that the answer variable be strictly compared to the string 'JavaScript'.

Doing this will pass the test :)

Thanks

Charalampos Anargyrou
Charalampos Anargyrou
14,031 Points
Charalampos Anargyrou
Charalampos Anargyrou
14,031 Points

I am not sure why you are getting the error when comparing to "JAVASCRIPT" but if you drop the .toUpperCase() and compare the answer to "JavaScript" you should be ok.