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

Raeed Sabree
Raeed Sabree
10,664 Points

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

if it is pop up an alert with the message 'a is greater than b; also ass an else clause that pops up the message 'a is not grater then b'

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

3 Answers

Cindy Lea
PLUS
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Try this:

if (a > b) { alert('a is greater than b'); } else { alert('a is not greater than b'); }

Raeed Sabree
Raeed Sabree
10,664 Points

okay it says syntax error : parse

Cindy Lea
PLUS
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Did you add the if statement to the rest of the code?

Raeed Sabree
Raeed Sabree
10,664 Points

yeah i put it exactly how you wrote it

Raeed Sabree
Raeed Sabree
10,664 Points

yeah i put it exactly how you wrote it

Cindy Lea
PLUS
Cindy Lea
Courses Plus Student 6,497 Points

Sorry. I left a ' out. Copy my code again. I passed the challenge.