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sean farrelly
1,614 Pointsadd a conditional statement that test if the value in variable a is greater than the variable b. if it is a pop up alert
add a conditional statement that test if the value in variable a is greater than the variable b. if it is a pop up alert with message a is greater than b also add an else clause that pops up the message a is not greater than b
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (" answer === " var a" > " var b ") {
windows.alert ("var a is greater than var b") ;
} else {
windows.alert ( " var a is not greater than var b");
}
<!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>
2 Answers
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointsonce a variable is declared with the var keyword, you don't need to use var anymore. subsequent uses of the variable are made by just using its name. also your quotes are haphazard, that's why your formatted text is so discolored. you only need quotes for strings, not to make conditional statements in general.
jacobproffer
24,604 PointsHey Sean,
You already have your variables declared. So there's no need to redeclare them anywhere with the keyword var. Simply use a and b inside of your if statement.
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if ( a > b ) { // If a is greater than b
} else { // If a is not greater than b
}
The final step to the challenge is to write your alert dialogues, which will use the alert function. Which looks like this:
alert('This is an example');
Your final program should look like this:
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if ( a > b ) { // If a is greater than b
alert('a is not greater than b');
} else { // Otherwise, if a is not greater than b
alert('a is not greater than b');
}