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Omar Elfishawi
4,060 PointsBoolean Values - Unexpected token
while following through the lesson i wrote this code and i get the following error Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token else (line9) Im pretty sure its a syntax error but i cant spot it. any help will be appreciated
var correctGuess = false; var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) + 1; var guess = prompt('I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6. What is it?'); if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber ) { correctGuess = true; } if (correctGuess ===true); { document.write('U magician'); } else { document.write('<p>Sorry the right number was ' + randomNumber) + '.</p>'); }
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Steven Parker
229,732 PointsI see two syntax errors:
- a stray semicolon between the "If" condition and the open brace of the code block
- extra close parenthesis after "randomNumber" in the last statement
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