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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Posted by Elizabeth Hinson
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Elizabeth Hinson
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 15,852 Points

a conditional statement that a>b

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if('10 > 20'); {
  alert('a is greater than b');
} else {
  alert('a is NOT greater than b');
}
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

First, you don't want to put quotes around variables or operators (or both), it creates a literal string which will not be evaluated as code.

Then, you will want to test the variables using their names (a and b), instead of the values they contain.

Elizabeth Hinson
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Elizabeth Hinson
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 15,852 Points

I already tried it with the letters and without the quotes, but still having trouble. I cannot get past this to complete my tracker. Thanks for your input.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

There should also not be a semicolon between the conditional clause and the brace that starts the following code block.