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

Posted by Jake Schmidt
Jake Schmidt
1,536 Points

Not sure where I've gone wrong...

Can anyone assist?

script.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
var correctGuess = false
do {
  if (secret === 'sesame') {
        correctGuess = true;
  }
  while ( ! correctGuess ) {
    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>

2 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
6,144 Points

Remember the basic structure of a do ... while loop :

  do {
    instructions
  } while ( condition )

And what you want to do in this exercice is ask the visitor for the secret password while the answer is different than "sesame".

Hope it helps a bit.

Colton Ehrman
PLUS
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 Points
Colton Ehrman
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 Points

You are missing a semicolon on line2.

Your do...while structure is incorrect, you cannot have 

do {

} while() {

}

It needs to be

do {

} while();

Also make your if statement like this 

if (secret.toLowerCase() === 'sesame')