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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Build a Quiz Challenge, Part 1

Can someone please tell me why the correctAnswers count is not working in this code??

var quizList = [
    ['What is a programming language that is also a snake?', 'Python'],
    ['Who is the president of France?', 'Emmanuel Macron'],
    ['Which progeamming language is also a gem?', 'Ruby'],
    ['Which progamming language I\'m I learning right now?', 'JavaScript']
];
var correctAnswers = 0;
var ask;

function print(message) {
  document.write(message);
}

function answerQuiz ( questions ) {
    listHTML = '<ol>'
        for (var i = 0; i < questions.length; i++) {
            ask = prompt(questions[i][0]);
            ask = ask.toLowerCase();
            if (ask === questions[i][1]) {
                correctAnswers ++;
            }
                listHTML += '<li>' + questions[i][0] + ' <strong>' + questions[i][1] + '</strong>'
        }
    listHTML += '</ol>'
    print(listHTML);
    print('You answered  ' + correctAnswers + '  questions correctly!');
}

answerQuiz(quizList);

Please and thank you!

https://w.trhou.se/orcb42htbd

3 Answers

Anton Klyuchkovksiy
Anton Klyuchkovksiy
8,327 Points

Oh, I get it :) You compare user input in lower case with answers, which are not.

ask = prompt(questions[i][0]);
            ask = ask.toLowerCase();
            if (ask === questions[i][1].toLowerCase()) {
                correctAnswers++;
            }

This one is works.

Or you can edit your replies in "questions" array:

"python", "emmanuel macron", "ruby", "javascript"

No, I just changed it on workspace and still not keeping count.

Oh I see! thanks! It works great! I didn't realize I had turn both of them to to lower case for it to match up.

Thanks Anton!