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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

Posted by Nelson Lourenco
Nelson Lourenco
1,766 Points

Quiz outputting incorrect

// quiz begins, no answers correct var correct = 0;

// Question 1 var answerOne = prompt('What color are frogs typically?'); if ( answerOne.toUpperCase() === 'GREEN') { correct += 1; }

// Question 2 var answerTwo = prompt('How many arms does an octopus have?'); if ( answerTwo.toUpperCase() === '8') { correct += 1; }

// Question 3 var answerThree = prompt('Which sauce can you make with avocados?'); if (answerThree.toUpperCase() === 'Guacomole') { correct += 1; }

// output rank if ( correct === 3 ) { document.write("I hereby give you a GOLD CROWN!"); } else if ( correct === 2 ) { document.write("I hereby give you a SILVER CROWN!"); } else if ( correct === 1 ) { document.write("I hereby give you a BRONZE CROWN!"); } else if ( correct === 0 ) { document.write("I hereby give you GOOSE EGGS!"); }

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How come when I get all 3 answers correct, that I am still getting a silver crown?

1 Answer

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hi Nelson,

The problem lies in your 3rd if statement. You are transferring answerThree to an uppercase format but not comparing it to an uppercase string. You need "GUACAMOLE" and not "Guacamole" for your string. Btw, I put guacamole as its correct spelling :P

// quiz begins, no answers correct 
var correct = 0;

// Question 1 
var answerOne = prompt('What color are frogs typically?'); 
if ( answerOne.toUpperCase() === 'GREEN') { 
correct += 1; 
}

// Question 2 
var answerTwo = prompt('How many arms does an octopus have?'); 
if ( answerTwo.toUpperCase() === '8') { 
correct += 1; 
}

// Question 3 
var answerThree = prompt('Which sauce can you make with avocados?'); 
//changed Guacomole to GUACAMOLE
if (answerThree.toUpperCase() === 'GUACAMOLE') { 
correct += 1; 
}

// output rank
if ( correct === 3 ) { 
document.write("I hereby give you a GOLD CROWN!"); 
} 
else if ( correct === 2 ) { 
document.write("I hereby give you a SILVER CROWN!"); 
} 
else if ( correct === 1 ) { 
document.write("I hereby give you a BRONZE CROWN!"); 
} 
else if ( correct === 0 ) { 
document.write("I hereby give you GOOSE EGGS!"); 
}