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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Using Math Methods

Open an alert dialog and display the temperature variable rounded to the nearest integer. ," it is not working "

what is wrong with my code

script.js
var temperature = 37.5;
alert('Math.round(' temperature')' );
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Remove the quotes from the alert you don't need them with Math.round.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Never put quotes around a method or function call, that creates a string literal instead of calling the method.