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JavaScript

Posted by Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

Chaning to do while

HI,

HI,

I have to trnasform this code : 

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while ( secret !== "sesame" ) {
  secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");    
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

into

Im trying this code 

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
var password = "sesame";

do{
  prompt(secret);
}while( password !== "sesame");
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

ERROR : Bummer! You only need to call the prompt() method once, and only inside the loop.

I tried a lot, nothing works.

2 Answers

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

HI Konrad,

Like the message says, you only need to call the prompt method once and inside the loop.

And there's no need for extra variables as well.

var secret;
 do{
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}while( secret !== "sesame");
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

Oh , wow , now it makes sense : p ill gonna need more practice on this . Thank you! :)

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

I got a question, how long would it take me aprox to learn enought JS to make someting useful from my own skill without looking on the videos?

Micole Noddle
Micole Noddle
5,797 Points

We haven't learned about do...while loops yet, so something must have changed here (or maybe I'm losing my mind!). I can't get the code above to pass, I keep getting an error saying "Stick with a plain while loop for this challenge, not a do...while or for loop." Totally stuck. And why was a do...while loop passing 8 days ago and isn't passing now?

Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points
Konrad Pilch
Konrad Pilch
2,435 Points

We covered it ^^

I dunno , im new to JS : p , i dont know the common mistakes ppl make etc..