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JavaScript JavaScript Quickstart Data Types and Variables Creating Variables

Posted by stevesirman
stevesirman
7,518 Points

Challenge Task 4 of 4

Use the alert() function to display the contents of the message variable in a dialogue window.

scripts.js 
const myName = 'Guil';
let myAge = 43;
var message = "What is your name";
prompt(message)
var response = prompt (message)
var message = "What is your age";
prompt(message)
var response = prompt (message)
alert ("What is your name" +  response + "what is your age" +  response);
Shaun Baxley
Shaun Baxley
10,842 Points

You have multiple variables with the same name each "var" should have an unique name. alert(final message)

or try alert(message)

1 Answer

Ryan Dudley
Ryan Dudley
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Ryan Dudley
Ryan Dudley
Treehouse Project Reviewer

While it is good you are experimenting with the prompt() method to retrieve the data from user input, I think that is what is causing the issue here. The task wants you to concatenate the myAge and myName variables into a simple string that is stored in message. We then pass the message variable to the alert function. So, for example:

var myName = "Guil";
var myAge = 48;
var message = myName + " is " + myAge;
alert(message);

NOTE: The code block below does not pertain to the challenge, as it does not accept the use of prompt(). However, you could rewrite your original script to achieve the same effect using prompt() (although this challenge will not accept it as a valid answer, this is just for your own personal knowledge):

var myName = prompt("What is your name?");
var myAge = prompt("What is your age?");
var message = myName + " is " + myAge;
alert(message);