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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Improving the Random Number Guessing Game

Immanuel Jaeggi
Immanuel Jaeggi
5,164 Points
Posted by Immanuel Jaeggi
Immanuel Jaeggi
5,164 Points

pls review my code

Hi Im sure there is a silly mistake in there but have not found it for the life of me!

var correctGuess = false; var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) + 1; var guess = prompt('I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6. What is it?'); if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber ) { correctGuess = true; } else if ( parseInt(guess) < randomNumber) { var guessMore = prompt("Try again. I am thinking of a higher number than " + guess); if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber) { correctGuess = true; }

} else if ( parseInt(guess) > randomNumber ) { var guessLess = prompt("Try again. I am thinking of a lower number than " + guess; if (parseInt(guessLess) === randomNumber) { correctGuess = true; }
}

if ( correctGuess ) { document.write('<p>You guessed the number!</p>'); } else { document.write('<p>Sorry. The number was ' + randomNumber + '.</p>'); }

1 Answer

trio-group I.AM
trio-group I.AM
25,713 Points
trio-group I.AM
trio-group I.AM
25,713 Points

Hi there. You seem to be missing a closing parenthesis after the guessLess declaration:

var correctGuess = false;
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) + 1;
var guess = prompt('I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6. What is it?');
if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber ) {
  correctGuess = true;
}
  else if ( parseInt(guess) < randomNumber) {
    var guessMore = prompt("Try again. I am thinking of a higher number than " + guess);
    if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber) {
      correctGuess = true;
    }

} else if ( parseInt(guess) > randomNumber ) {
  var guessLess = prompt("Try again. I am thinking of a lower number than " + guess); // Added missing ')'
  if (parseInt(guessLess) === randomNumber) {
    correctGuess = true;
  }
}

if ( correctGuess ) {
  document.write('<p>You guessed the number!</p>');
}
else {
  document.write('<p>Sorry. The number was ' + randomNumber + '.</p>');
}