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

Posted by Charles Jones
Charles Jones
Courses Plus Student 646 Points

What am I doing wrong?

I do not understand what I am doing wrong.

app.js 
var answer=prompt("What is the best programming language?");
if ( answer === "JavaScript") {
  document.write ("<p> You are correct </p>"); }
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>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The instructions for task 2 are, "Add a conditional statement that opens an alert dialog box with the message "You are correct" when the answer is the string 'JavaScript'."

  • you called document.write instead of opening an alert dialog box
  • you should not add HTML tags to the message
Charles Jones
Charles Jones
Courses Plus Student 646 Points

Thank you