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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge

Colin Sygiel
Colin Sygiel
5,249 Points

My code isn't running the prompts. What gives?

/* Quiz: Ask 5 questions, keep track of the number of questions answered correctly, provide results with how many questions they got right and give player a ranking */

/*5 Star Wars questions, stored in separate variables */ var questionOne = prompt ("What is the name of Han Solo\'s furry friend?"); var questionTwo = prompt ("What is the last name of Luke?"); var questionThree = prompt ("What is the name of the dark side\'s secret weapon?"); var questionFour = prompt ("What is the name of Luke\'s father?"); var questionFive = prompt ("What is the first name of the mysterious man Han solo and everyone else visits?");

/Contain correct answers and count each correct answer as a point/

If (questionOne === 'Chewbacca') { var answerOne = 1 }

If (questionTwo === 'Skywalker') { var answerTwo = 1 }

If (questionThree === 'Death Star') { var answerThree = 1 }

If (questionFour === 'Darth Vader') { var answerFour = 1 }

If (questionFive === 'Lando') { var answerFive = 1 }

/Compare points earned and give a score/

If (answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive = 5) { document.write ('Congrats, you have earned the Gold Star!') }

If (answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive = 2 || answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive = 3 || answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive = 4) { document.write ('Congrats, you have earned the Silver Star!') }

If (answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive = 1) { document.write ('You have earned the Bronze Star!') }

2 Answers

There are a few issues with your code.

  • You need to remove the spaces before calling prompt
  • You should have a space between your if statement and the condition
  • You are using single equal signs when you should be using double or triple equal signs to check for equality

Your code should look like this:

/* Quiz: Ask 5 questions, keep track of the number of questions answered correctly, provide results with how many questions they got right and give player a ranking */
/*5 Star Wars questions, stored in separate variables */
var questionOne = prompt("What is the name of Han Solo\'s furry friend?");
var questionTwo = prompt("What is the last name of Luke?");
var questionThree = prompt("What is the name of the dark side\'s secret weapon?");
var questionFour = prompt("What is the name of Luke\'s father?");
var questionFive = prompt("What is the first name of the mysterious man Han solo and everyone else visits?");

//Contain correct answers and count each correct answer as a point/

if (questionOne === 'Chewbacca') {
    var answerOne = 1;
}

if (questionTwo === 'Skywalker') {
    var answerTwo = 1;
}

if (questionThree === 'Death Star') {
    var answerThree = 1;
}

if (questionFour === 'Darth Vader') {
    var answerFour = 1;
}

if (questionFive === 'Lando') {
    var answerFive = 1;
}

//Compare points earned and give a score/

if (answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive == 5) {
    document.write('Congrats, you have earned the Gold Star!')
}

if (answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive == 2 || answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive == 3 || answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive == 4) {
    document.write('Congrats, you have earned the Silver Star!')
}

if (answerOne + answerTwo + answerThree + answerFour + answerFive == 1) {
    document.write('You have earned the Bronze Star!')
}

I’m working on it, there are a few more problems than I realized

Colin Sygiel
Colin Sygiel
5,249 Points

I see that now - thanks so much :)

Does that work for you? I edited the post

Could you mark my answer as correct please?

This may be useful to you: https://jsfiddle.net/f035ytz4/4/

Colin Sygiel
Colin Sygiel
5,249 Points

Thanks for the link, that is very helpful. The prompts work now, but the console.log display of score is not showing for me. Is it for you?

I think your conditions aren’t allowing the message to be printed :)

Could you mark my answer as correct please?

Thanks ;)