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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers The Mad Libs Challenge Revisited

Katie Shook
Katie Shook
12,326 Points
Posted by Katie Shook
Katie Shook
12,326 Points

Questions left isn't going down

Can anyone help me figure out where my error is? Thanks! https://w.trhou.se/orf47o4esa

2 Answers

benyoungblood
benyoungblood
10,062 Points

Hi Katie,

So the issue you are running into has to do with the order of your variables. So your questionsLeft variable is assigned once at the top but then is never re-assigned with the new decremented questions variable. If you see below I have re-assigned your questionsLeft variable with the new questions value each time which gives you the output you want. I also removed the code you had on line 2 which just appeared to be a random string not assigned to anything. I hope this helps.

var questions = 3;
var questionsLeft =" ["+ questions + " questions left]";

var adjective = prompt('Please type an adjective' + questionsLeft);
questions -= 1;
questionsLeft =" ["+ questions + " questions left]";
var verb = prompt('Please type a verb' + questionsLeft);
questions -= 1;
var questionsLeft =" ["+ questions + " questions left]";
var noun = prompt('Please type a noun' + questionsLeft);
questions -= 1;

alert('All done. Ready for the message?');
var sentence = "<h2>There once was a " + adjective;
sentence += ' programmer who wanted to use JavaScript to ' + verb;
sentence += ' the ' + noun + '.</h2>';
document.write(sentence);