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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

Chantal St Louis
Chantal St Louis
5,524 Points
Posted by Chantal St Louis
Chantal St Louis
5,524 Points

When I answer question 4 correctly, my score doesn't increase? I also get 'undefined' when my score is 0? Thanks

/*

  1. Store correct answers
    • When quiz begins, no answers are correct */

let score = 0;

// 2. Store the rank of a player let rank;

// 3. Select the <main> HTML element const main = document.querySelector('main');

/*

  1. Ask at least 5 questions
    • Store each answer in a variable
    • Keep track of the number of correct answers */

const question1 = prompt('Is Chan allergic to cats?'); if( question1.toUpperCase() === 'YES') { score += 1; } console.log(question1); console.log(score);

const question2 = prompt('Is Chan allergic to all dogs'); if( question2.toUpperCase() === 'NO'){ score += 1 } console.log(question2); console.log(score);

const question3 = prompt('Does Chan prefer crisps over sweets'); if( question3.toUpperCase() === 'YES' ) { score += 1; } console.log(question3); console.log(score);

const question4 = prompt('Is Chan\'s mum\'s name Lynn?'); if(question4.toUpperCase() === 'YES') { score += 1; } console.log(question4); console.log(score);

const question5 = prompt('How many years has Steve been with Gail?'); if(question5.toUpperCase() === 'two' || question5 === 2 ) { score += 1; } console.log(question5); console.log(score);

/*

  1. Rank player based on number of correct answers
    • 5 correct = Gold
    • 3-4 correct = Silver
    • 1-2 correct = Bronze
    • 0 correct = No crown */

if( score === 5 ) { rank = 'Gold' } else if( score === 3 || score === 4 ) { rank = 'Silver' } else if( score === 1 || score === 2) { rank = 'Bronze' } if ( score === 0 ){ 'Sorry no crown...' }

// 6. Output results to the <main> element

main.innerHTML = <p>Your score was ${score} so your rank is ${rank}! </p>

1 Answer

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

This test can never be true:

if (question5.toUpperCase() === 'two' || question5 === 2 )

Anything converted to upper case can never equal "two", and since question5 is a string, the strict comparison operator will not consider it equal to the number 2. You may want to write it like this instead:

if (question5.toUpperCase() === 'TWO' || question5 === "2")

Then, "rank" was never declared so unless it gets implicitly declared global by assignment (which it does not when the score is 0) then it will be undefined.

And when posting code to the forum, use Markdown formatting to preserve the appearance, and optionally add syntax coloring (as I did here).

Eduard Edwin
Eduard Edwin
14,569 Points

Adding on to what Steven said, there is no else statement after the second else-if statement. The syntax should be:

if ( condition 1) { 
  // code 1
} else if ( condition 2 ) { 
  // code 2
} else {
  // code 3
}

The variable "rank" is not declared. This should be done in step 2.