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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops A Closer Look At Loop Conditions

Posted by Daniele Manca
Daniele Manca
10,986 Points

Code not working

Can someone please help me understand, I am aware I need to assign a new value to secret, but I am not getting it right:

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

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

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

app.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

while ( secret !== 'sesame' ) {
  document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

hum4n01d
hum4n01d
25,493 Points
hum4n01d
hum4n01d
25,493 Points

I answered this already here

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 Points

It looks like there are a couple of things going on that need to be changed, but there are a couple of things right.

first you have the condition of the wile loop correct. the !== operator, but what you need to have happen is to iterate the prompt until the user enters the password. Change the doc write method to the variable secret, after the user makes the conditional statement false then you want the doc write method to be accessed.

EDIT this is the while loop challenge not the do while loop challenge.