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John Caraballo
19,943 PointsTask 2 is broken for the first challenge of the js conditionals section
I completed task 1 just fine but now when I head to task # 2 and add the needed code it says that task 1 is no longer passing and yet the prompt shows up perfectly and I am positive my added code is perfect as I tested it locally. My guess is something is going wrong on treehouse's end
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
// I also tried .toUpperCase here
if(answer.toLowerCase() === 'javascript') {
alert("You are correct");
}
else{
//This was added to test if maybe I needed the else to pass but no go
}
<!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>
4 Answers
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHey John,
Challenges are very specific in what they want and what will pass. The second part of the challenge asks to create a conditional to test if the answer is "JavaScript" (with a capital J and a capital S). It will accept NOTHING else.
So the code needed for task 2 is
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");
if (answer === "JavaScript") {
alert("You are correct");
}
Keep Coding! :)
John Caraballo
19,943 PointsOh haha I was just being defensive with my programming in case the tests used JAVASCRIPT or something like jAvAScript but all right. MY brain thought too much ahead haha thank you!
Robert Vass
2,068 PointsI am facing the same issue even after I tried using the code posted above.Need help
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHi Robert,
Which Task are you on? The code I inserted above will pass Task 1 and Task 2 (I just double checked it). It will not pass Task 3 as you need to add the else statement.
Robert Vass
2,068 PointsJason thx for the fast answer I already solved it.