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JavaScript JavaScript Quickstart Data Types and Variables Use Variables to Display Different Content

Posted by STEVEN AGUILAR
STEVEN AGUILAR
6,336 Points

Prompt example in this video asks "What is your name?" Twice is my browser.

var question="What is your name?"; prompt(question);

var response=prompt(question); alert("Hi " + response + "!");

2 Answers

Aakash Srivastava
Aakash Srivastava
5,415 Points
Aakash Srivastava
Aakash Srivastava
5,415 Points

Hey friend STEVEN AGUILAR , it's because you are calling prompt(question) twice .
First , you are calling it independently and then you are calling it again and assigning its response to the variable response .
Remember , you need to call it only once . Here is the improved code : 

var question = "What is your name?";

var response = prompt(question);  // First prompt(question) will be called then it's value will get assigned into response variable
alert("Hi " + response + "!");

Hope it helped :)

STEVEN AGUILAR
STEVEN AGUILAR
6,336 Points
STEVEN AGUILAR
STEVEN AGUILAR
6,336 Points

Thank you for pointing that out!