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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

April Nichols
April Nichols
7,259 Points

Code runs, but correct answers don't tally up.

I tried double-checking my code against the video, and I haven't found an error yet. It takes me all the way through the quiz, but it tells me I got 0 answers right even though I answered all 5 correctly. Help?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

To facilitate an analysis and answer, please show your code (formatted for markdown). Better yet, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it.

did you use the .toUpperCase ? Make sure your else if statements are correctly set, thats what was wrong with my code. Hopefully you figure it out!

// quiz begins, no answers correct var correct = 0;

// ask questions var questionOne = prompt("What is the color of a school bus?"); if(questionOne.toUpperCase() === "YELLOW" ) { correct += 1; } var questionTwo = prompt("How do you say hello in spanish?"); if(questionTwo.toUpperCase() === "HOLA") { correct += 1; } var questionThree = prompt("What is the best programming language?"); if(questionThree.toUpperCase() === "JAVASCRIPT") { correct += 1; }

// output Results document.write("<p>You have gotten</p>" + correct + "<p> out of 3 questions.</p>");

// output Rank if(correct === 3) { document.write("<p>Congrats you have earned a golden crown!</p>"); } else if(correct === 2) { document.write("<p>Congrats you have earned a silver crown!</p>"); } else if(correct === 1) { document.write("<p>Congrats you have earned a bronze crown!</p>"); } else { document.write("<p>Oops you have gotten no correct answers, try again!</p>"); }

// Very basic quiz but it runs, hopefully this helps!

1 Answer

Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson
7,427 Points

Make sure you put .toUpperCase(). The video's code is missing the () at the end of .toUpperCase in all but the first answer so it is the only one gathering your input and assigning it back to the variable. Thus none of your other answers are being stored so it looks like you only got the first question correct. Hope this helped.