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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Create a `do...while` loop

need help here

This is the code we used in the last code challenge. After learning about do...while loops, don't you think this would work better in the do...while style? Re-write the code to use a do...while loop.

script.js
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while ( secret !== "sesame" ) {
  secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");    
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Mohammed Usama
Mohammed Usama
9,630 Points

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");

do { prompt("What is the secret password?"); } while (secret !== "sesame") document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

What am I doing wrong here? :( Help people!

3 Answers

Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
33,990 Points

Hi Simon, here you're asked to use a do while loop instead of a while loop, a do while loop looks like the following:

do  {
  alert("Hello World!")
} while ( command !== "stop")

Using this structure you can edit your code to use the do while loop :)

thomas howard
thomas howard
17,572 Points

Thank you Grace Kelly. I think you're everything the princess of Monaco should be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Kelly

var secret ; do{ secret = prompt(' what is the secret password?'); }while ( secret !== "sesame" ) {
} document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");