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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Capturing Visitor Input and Writing It to the Page

Vanessa Ferragut
Vanessa Ferragut
479 Points
Posted by Vanessa Ferragut
Vanessa Ferragut
479 Points

Task 2 of 3 Answer

Hello,

I'm having difficulties with this code and I cannot seem to find an example. Can someone assist me?

scripts.js 
prompt ("What day is it?");
var answer = (prompt)
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="scripts.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

Hello Vanessa,

When you use the prompt() function, you want to immediately set that to a variable since the return value of prompt() is whatever value the user enters. Basically, you just need to consolidate your Javascript into 1 line that looks like this:

var answer = prompt("What day is it?");

Whatever the user inputs will be stored inside of the answer variable and then you can use it throughout your script.

Hope this helps.