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

Matt Jakachira
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Matt Jakachira
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 5,536 Points

Task 1 failing

When I run the task it keeps saying that Task 1 which initially passed is no longer passing.

app.js
var answer = prompt ("What is the best programming language?");
if (answer.toUpperCase() === 'JAVASCRIPT') {
  alert('You are correct');
}
index.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

:point_right: The challenge hints can sometimes be incorrect.

It usually happens when you deviate from the expected results in unexpected ways. In this case, the challenge was expecting you to perform an ordinary (case sensitive) comparison with the string "JavaScript". Your creative (and frankly, superior) answer confused the checker. Do it the "ordinary" way to pass the challenge.

And you may want to report this as a bug on the Support page, since your answer did indeed satisfy the stated conditions of the challenge.