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

Posted by Marco Nacianceno
Marco Nacianceno
1,949 Points

The exercise marks that is wrong in the task 1 but I dont chage nothing in the line of the task 1

In the task 3 mark me that the answer is wrong because the line of the task 1 is incorrect but I don't change nothing

app.js 
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming lenguage?");
if( answer === 'JavaScript' );{
  alert("You are correct");
}
else{
  alert("JavaScript is the best lenguage!");
}
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>
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

I ran your code through the challenge. It passed the second part with the extra semicolon. But it would not pass the third part till the semicolon was gone. Semicolon is the winner!

2 Answers

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

It could be the semi colon, but there's something else more insidious. Look at the spelling of "language" in the else clause. Even if the code is correct, Spelling errors will cause the challenge NOT to pass. I found out the hard way many times.

Marco Nacianceno
Marco Nacianceno
1,949 Points

Thanks

Nicholas Vogel
Nicholas Vogel
12,318 Points
Nicholas Vogel
Nicholas Vogel
12,318 Points

You have an extra semi-colon in this line:

if( answer === 'JavaScript' );{

There shouldn't be a semi-colon before the opening curly brace.

Marco Nacianceno
Marco Nacianceno
1,949 Points

Thanks