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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Capturing Visitor Input

Giovanni Chiaro
Giovanni Chiaro
1,762 Points
Posted by Giovanni Chiaro
Giovanni Chiaro
1,762 Points

Value and Variables with Alert command

Why in the video he put this

Var visitorname =prompt (“What is your name ? “ ); alert (visitorname);

and why in the alter command he didn't execute like this alert("visitorname"); With the Quotes Marks .

1 Answer

Valeshan Naidoo
Valeshan Naidoo
27,008 Points
Valeshan Naidoo
Valeshan Naidoo
27,008 Points

So first, lets clean up the code a little

var visitorName =prompt("What is your name?");
alert(visitorName);

To answer your question, visitorname has been declared a variable. You can therefore place this declared variable inside the alert method. If you were to use :

alert("visitorName");

It would return the string "visitorName". But that's not what we want.

In the visitorName variable, a prompt method is used which asks the user for their name ("What is our name?"). The response that is inputted into the text box is then saved into the variable visitorName.

Now when the alert function that has visitorName is called, it will bring up the content of visitorName, which is the name of the user.