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

David Enus
David Enus
646 Points
Posted by David Enus
David Enus
646 Points

(use = sign to put a value in a variable?

It is telling me to use a equal sign to put a value in a variable but i do not know where to place the equal sign to get it to work. Please help!

scripts.js 
var answer 
prompt ("What day is it?");
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>

3 Answers

dojewqveaq
dojewqveaq
11,393 Points

Hey David,

the '=' will assign a value to a variable. So, for example var name = "David" means that the variable named 'name' has a value of David. So the task is asking you to assign the value of "prompt('What day is it?')" to the variable 'answer'. So it looks something like this:

var answer = prompt('What day is it?');
Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,999 Points
Raffael Dettling
Raffael Dettling
32,999 Points

Use the "=" operator like this to assign a value :)

var answer = prompt("What day is it?");
David Enus
David Enus
646 Points
David Enus
David Enus
646 Points

Thank you for your explanations, it helps greatly.