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

Anurati Mathur
Anurati Mathur
1,834 Points
Posted by Anurati Mathur
Anurati Mathur
1,834 Points

Why doesn't my conditional statement work?

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

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>

1 Answer

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

You don't say how it doesn't work. You have an extra ' in your === line after Javascript. Your path to the file may be wrong. JavaScript is usually camel case, not Javascript like you have it. There may be a problem there. But without more information on how it doesn't work, it is hard to help more.

Anurati Mathur
Anurati Mathur
1,834 Points
Anurati Mathur
Anurati Mathur
1,834 Points

The code was working fine, it was my answer was incorrect. I found the issue. The quiz was looking for JavaScript, with a capital S, but it is lower case in my code. Thanks for the quick reply!