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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge

Posted by Nathan Strauman
Nathan Strauman
6,003 Points

Why is my quiz not working?

Here is my code. I don't even get the first prompt asking for an answer to the first question.

// Ask 5 questions // Keep track of right answers // Provide final message letting user number number of questions right // Rank. 5 is gold crown, 3-4 is silver crown, 1-2 is bronze crown, 0 no crown

var correct = 0;

var answerOne = prompt("What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?"); if (answerOne.toUpperCase() === "HEDWIG") { correct += 1; } var answerTwo = prompt("Who is Harry's best friend?"); if (answerTwo.toUpperCase() === "RON") { correct += 1; } var answerThree = prompt("What is Hermione's last name?"); if (answerThree.toUpperCase() === "GRANGER") { correct += 1; } var answerFour = prompt("What class does Snape teach?"): if (answerFour.toUpperCase() === "POTIONS" ) { correct += 1; } var answerFive = prompt("What does Tom Riddle's full name unscramble to spell?") if (answerFive.toUpperCase() === "I AM LORD VOLDEMORT") { correct += 1; }

alert("You got " + correct + " questions right!");

if (correct === 5) { alert("You have earned the Gold Crown!"); } else if (correct > 2) { alert("You have earned the Silver Crown!"); } else if (correct > 0) { alert("You have earned the Bronze Crown!"); } else { alert("You have earned the Wood Crown! NOOB!!"); }

Bryan Fondrick
Bryan Fondrick
15,407 Points

I would do have your conditional statement after converting the answer to uppercase: var correct = 0; var answerOne = prompt("What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?"); answerOne = answerOne.toUpperCase(); if (answerOne==="HEDWIG") {correct += 1}

and so on.

1 Answer

Frankie Snavely
Frankie Snavely
5,184 Points
Frankie Snavely
Frankie Snavely
5,184 Points

There are two syntax errors in your code.

var answerFour = prompt("What class does Snape teach?"):

There should be a semicolon at the end, not a colon.

var answerFive = prompt("What does Tom Riddle's full name unscramble to spell?")

There should be a semicolon at the end of this statement as well.

Once both of these were corrected, your quiz worked just fine for me.

Nathan Strauman
Nathan Strauman
6,003 Points

Wow! Can't believe I missed that! Such small stuff! Thank you very much!