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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements Boolean Values

Justyn Phearson
Justyn Phearson
2,842 Points
Posted by Justyn Phearson
Justyn Phearson
2,842 Points

Code is not working. Can't figure out why. Browser giving me an error msg.

This is my code:

let correctGuess = false;
const number = 6;
const guess = prompt("Guess a number between 1 and 10.");

if (+guess === number) {
  correctGuess = true;
}

if (correctGuess === true) {
  console.log("You guessed the number!");
} else {
  console.log(`Sorry, the number was ${number}.`);
}
Justyn Phearson
Justyn Phearson
2,842 Points
Justyn Phearson
Justyn Phearson
2,842 Points

This is the error being given by the browser when I try to run the code:

port-80-42nqrducsm.treehouse-app.com/:10 

   GET http://port-80-42nqrducsm.treehouse-app.com/booleans.js net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)
Justyn Phearson
Justyn Phearson
2,842 Points
Justyn Phearson
Justyn Phearson
2,842 Points

The first prompt box won't even pop up.

1 Answer

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,222 Points
Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,222 Points

Good job, you are showing some good instincts at programming JavaScript!

Remember: when making the comparison of guess and number, guess is a string and number is an integer. You can make this work using a less strict == operator rather than the strict === operator.

Also remember to use back-tick quote marks in your else section for it to be syntactically correct.

Other than that, it looks great!

let correctGuess = false;
const number = 6;

const guess = prompt("Guess a number between 1 and 10.");

if (guess == number) {
    correctGuess = true;
 }

if (correctGuess === true) {
    console.log("You guessed the number!");
} else { 
    console.log(`Sorry, the number was ${number}.`); 
}