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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Introducing Conditional Statements

Posted by turkish
turkish
824 Points

Not working here but works in workspace?

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?'); if ( answer === 'JavaScript' ) { document.alert("<p>You are correct</p>"); } else { document.alert("<p>JavaScript is the best language!</p>"); }

app.js 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if ( answer === 'JavaScript'  ) {
  document.alert("<p>You are correct</p>");
} else {
  document.alert("<p>JavaScript is the best language!</p>");
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

turkish
turkish
824 Points

Thanks! Ya, I had to change it from document.write to window.alert.

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points
Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hey Rauf,

Although your code is correct, the challenge asks you to use an alert box. Change each document.write to an alert, and get rid of the <p> and </p> within each string. When doing challenges, always be sure to do what the challenge asks you to do.