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

Posted by Uche Onuekwusi
Uche Onuekwusi
18,070 Points

Please can someone help out with this code. I have no idea why it isnt working

var question1 = prompt("Dublin is a city in which European country ?"); var answer = question1.toUpperCase();

if (answer === "IRELAND" ); {

alert("Correct!!!!");
}
else {

document.write("That was the wrong answer");

}

2 Answers

Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points
Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds
35,170 Points 
if (answer === "IRELAND" ); {   // <--- remove the semicolon
Kieran Barker
Kieran Barker
15,028 Points
Kieran Barker
Kieran Barker
15,028 Points

There shouldn’t be a semicolon after the opening if statement, for a start. Does removing that fix it?

Uche Onuekwusi
Uche Onuekwusi
18,070 Points

thanks