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Paul Dieter
1,569 PointsNeed some feedback on my code
Hi guys,
I took a crack at this challenge, but my code isn't really working the way I want it to. Can someone let me know what I am doing wrong?
//Questions
var question1 = prompt("What year did the civil war begin?");
var question2 = prompt("What year did the civil war end?");
var question3 = prompt("What year did World War 1 begin?");
var question4 = prompt("What year did World War 1 end?");
var question5 = prompt("What year did Germany invade Poland?");
//user entries and scorekeeping
var score = 0;
if (question1 === "1860") {
score += 1;
}
if (question2 === "1865") {
score += 2;
}
if (question3 === "1910") {
score += 3;
}
if (question4 === "1914") {
score += 4;
}
if (question5 === "1939") {
score += 5;
}
//player medals
if (score === 5) {
medal = "Gold";
}
else if (score === 4) {
medal = "Titanium";
}
else if (score === 3) {
medal = "Silver";
}
else if (score === 2) {
medal = "Bronze";
}
else if (score === 1) {
medal = "Iron";
} else {
document.write("Better luck next time!");
}
//final score and feedback
document.write("<h2>Congratulations! You got " + score + " correct! You have earned the " + medal + " award!</h2>");
2 Answers
Dvontre Coleman
13,075 PointsI think you may want to have each if conditional give one additional point, or the score will go up to 15. +=1 will give one point for each correct answer. right now you are giving +1+2+3+4+5 which will return 15.
Elijah Quesada
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,965 PointsHi Paul,
You can add the below and should work. It will add an increment of 1 with every correct answer to the var score.
//user entries and scorekeeping
var score = 0;
if (question1 === "1860") {
score++;
}
if (question2 === "1865") {
//score += 2;
score++;
}
if (question3 === "1910") {
score++;
}
if (question4 === "1914") {
score++;
}
if (question5 === "1939") {
score++;
}