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Mariel Antonio
Courses Plus Student 7,300 PointsThe do while loop
Having a hard time understanding the concept of the do while loop. What am I missing?
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
do {
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}
} while ( secret !== "sesame" )
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Andrew Dummer
6,885 PointsMariel, The number of left brackets "{" should equal the number of right brackets "}" and right now you have too many right brackets. Delete the last two right brackets and the code should function better.
Kristopher Van Sant
Courses Plus Student 18,830 PointsHI! If it helps to understand do...while loops, check out some external documentation, like the Mozilla Developer Network https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/do...while
"The do...while statement creates a loop that executes a specified statement until the test condition evaluates to false. The condition is evaluated after executing the statement, resulting in the specified statement executing at least once."
do {
statement
}
while (condition);
So for this challenge you could think of it as....
do {
do the prompt for "What is the secret password"
} while (while their answer for the password is still wrong );
A couple things to note about what you've written so far...first you have the prompt twice, you only need it once inside the do..while loop(the statement). You also want to move your while up behind the closing bracket for the do statement.
Hope this helps, without giving away the exact answer :)
Mariel Antonio
Courses Plus Student 7,300 PointsThank you very much! I solved it. Sheeesh. Hahaha
Kristopher Van Sant
Courses Plus Student 18,830 PointsHooray!! Haha, it always feels good when you finally solve something. :)