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

Posted by Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
11,964 Points

Code Challange

Challenge Task 1 of 1

Add a conditional statement that tests if the value in the variable a is greater than the value in variable b. If it is, pop up an alert with the message 'a is greater than b'; also add an else clause that pops up the message 'a is not greater than b'.

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if ( a > b ) {
alert('a is greater than b')
}
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>

2 Answers

craigschotchii
craigschotchii
9,115 Points
craigschotchii
craigschotchii
9,115 Points

I believe you will need to finish out the if statement like this 

var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if ( a > b ) {
alert('a is greater than b');
}
else {
  alert('a is not greater then b')
}
Marco Dagostino
Marco Dagostino
15,590 Points
Marco Dagostino
Marco Dagostino
15,590 Points

Hi Andrew,

Your IF statement is missing the else part for when a is not greater then b.