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

Shadrach Thomas
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Shadrach Thomas
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Posted by Shadrach Thomas
Shadrach Thomas
Courses Plus Student 8,915 Points

conditional statement

please i need help

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a > b) {
    alert('<p>a is greater than b</p>');
} else {
    alert('<p>a is NOT greater than b</p>');
}
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>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Don't use HTML tags in your alert messages.

Just use the exact strings given in the instructions. Alerts don't need HTML anyway, since they display in their own dialog box and are not part of the window.