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

Posted by Mark Clayton
Mark Clayton
5,039 Points

What is wrong with this conditional statement? if ( answer === 'Javascript' ) { alert("You are correct"); }

Im currently taking the conditional statement challenge and the task asks me to add a conditional statement that opens an alert box with the phrase "You are correct" if the answer to the question "What is the best programming language?" question is supplied with the answer "Javascript" the code does this when I preview it but the code challage says the code is wrong

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>

2 Answers

Julian Aramburu
Julian Aramburu
11,368 Points
Julian Aramburu
Julian Aramburu
11,368 Points

Hi Mark! The correct answer should be JavaScript!

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Those darn capital letters!

Mitchell Congdon
Mitchell Congdon
3,616 Points
Mitchell Congdon
Mitchell Congdon
3,616 Points

I'm having the same issue. var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?'); if answer === "JavaScript" { alert("you are correct"); }

says task one no longer passing

Mitchell Congdon
Mitchell Congdon
3,616 Points
Mitchell Congdon
Mitchell Congdon
3,616 Points

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?'); if (answer === "JavaScript") { alert("you are correct"); }

correct answer