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

Kyle Sullivan
Kyle Sullivan
15,150 Points
Posted by Kyle Sullivan
Kyle Sullivan
15,150 Points

No matter what I do, it always says that they answered every question correctly.

Anyone mind telling me why I may be having a problem with my code? I've tried use else/else if conditional statements to count the number of answers that were correct and incorrect. Every time it leaves the number of correct answers at five but those answered wrong are numbered correctly.

//Setting the variables for the answers
var answersCorrect = 0;
var answersWrong = 0;

//Prompting the user 
alert("Hello, you're about to begin a quiz!");

var question = prompt("What is the year?");
if (question === "2015") {
  answersCorrect += 1;
} else if (question != "2015") {
  answersWrong += 1;
}
var question2 = prompt("Which Ocean is on the West Coast?");
if (question2.toUpperCase() === "PACIFIC") {
  answersCorrect += 1;
} else if (question2.toUpperCase() != "PACIFIC"){
  answersWrong += 1;
}

var question3 = prompt("What is color of the sky?");
if (question3.toUpperCase() === "BLUE") {
  answersCorrect += 1;
} else if (question3.toUpperCase() != "BLUE") {
  answersWrong += 1;
}

var question4 = prompt("Which Ocean is located on the East Coast?");
if (question4.toUpperCase() === "ATLANTIC") {
  answersCorrect += 1;
} else if (question4.toUpperCase() != "ATLANTIC") {
  answersWrong += 1;
}
var question5 = prompt("Which language was this written in?");
if (question5.toUpperCase()  === "JAVASCRIPT") {
  answersCorrect += 1;
} else if (question5.toUpperCase() != "JAVASCRIPT") {
  answersWrong += 1;
}



//crown 
if (answersCorrect = 5) {
  var crown = "Gold"
  }else if (answersCorrect >= 3 && answersCorrect < 5) {
    var crown = "Silver";
  }else if (answersCorrect >= 1 && answersCorrect < 3) {
    var crown = "Bronze";
  }else if (answersCorrect == 0) {
    var crown = "No crown! :((";
  }

document.write("<p>You answered a total of " + answersCorrect + " questions correct and got wrong " + answersWrong + " and you received a " + crown + " crown </p>");
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points

Re-formatted your question for better readability.

1 Answer

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Just looked over your code and the problem is your final if statement that calculates the totals. You are actually setting answersCorrect to equal 5. so you'll just want to state if there are correct answers find out how many. also you are missing a semi-colon after "gold". View Below

//crown 
if (answersCorrect) {
  var crown = "Gold";
  }else if (answersCorrect >= 3 && answersCorrect < 5) {
    var crown = "Silver";
  }else if (answersCorrect >= 1 && answersCorrect < 3) {
    var crown = "Bronze";
  }else if (answersCorrect == 0) {
    var crown = "No crown! :((";
  }

Hope this helps

Kyle Sullivan
Kyle Sullivan
15,150 Points
Kyle Sullivan
Kyle Sullivan
15,150 Points

Much appreciated! I had been staring at the code for awhile and never would have noticed that equal sign. Thank you!