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

Add a conditional statement that tests if the value in the variable a is greater than the value in variable b. If it is,

Hey can anyone help me and let me know what I'm doing wrong? Its telling me that it doesn't see the else message part.

script.js
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if ('a > b')
{   
  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>

2 Answers

Your if condition should not be in quotes. This:

if ('a > b')

should be:

if (a > b)

Thankyou so much for your help!