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

Posted by Carolyn Heuser
Carolyn Heuser
2,816 Points

My challenge answer appears to be correct, but I get an error saying that the earlier task answer is no longer passing.

On Task 2, I get the error "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing". I see nothing wrong with my Task 1 answer, and it passes when I go back to it. But, when I add the conditional statement for Task 2, I get that same error about Task 1. The dialog boxes for the prompt (Task 1) and the alert that is a result of the conditional processing (Task 2) are working.

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>

2 Answers

Pete Cass
Pete Cass
16,656 Points

It looks like you're being too smart for the task. The question is asking you to check wether the variable answer contains the string 'JavaScript' pay attention to the capitalisation. It's not asking if answer contains the string 'JAVASCRIPT' simplify your code to this and you should pass. 

if (answer === 'JavaScript') {
  alert goes here
}
Carolyn Heuser
Carolyn Heuser
2,816 Points
Carolyn Heuser
Carolyn Heuser
2,816 Points

Thank you, Pete! That worked for me! The answer wasn't looking for me to convert to uppercase.

I'm new to Treehouse, and I love it! The videos are excellent, and the forum is great. I really appreciate your quick response.