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

Posted by Devin Kelly
Devin Kelly
7,343 Points

Add a conditional statement that opens an alert dialog box with the message "You are correct" when answer = 'JavaScript'

I've looked through previous answers but have failed to find one that actually passes the quiz. Any help? So far I have

var answer = prompt ('What is the best programming language?'); if ( answer.toUpperCase === 'JAVASCRIPT' ) { alert ('<p>You are correct</p>');

With my code as written above I get the error message, 'Javascript' or 'javascript' is not equal to 'JavaScript'

any help would be greatly appreciated!

app.js 
var answer = prompt ('What is the best programming language?');
if ( answer.toUpperCase === 'JAVASCRIPT' ) {
  alert ('<p>You are correct</p>');
}
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

James Harrison
James Harrison
26,052 Points

Hello Devin,

To call the "toUpperCase" method on a string, you need to include the parentheses. answer.toUpperCase()

Hope that helps!

Devin Kelly
Devin Kelly
7,343 Points

That worked! It's the little things :D