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

sai jayanth kashyap
sai jayanth kashyap
3,293 Points
Posted by sai jayanth kashyap
sai jayanth kashyap
3,293 Points

what is task one error??

i am getting this error in my second task "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing."

app.js 
var answer = prompt("what is the best programming language?");
if (answer === JavaScript) {
  alert("You are correct");
}
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>
fngr
fngr
11,179 Points
fngr
fngr
11,179 Points 
var answer = prompt("what is the best programming language?");
if (answer === "JavaScript") { // JavaScript need to be in quotes because otherwise js doesn't see that it's a string.
  alert("You are correct");
}

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