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Lauren McDaniel
Courses Plus Student 125 PointsConsole.log vs Prompt
This may be a very dumb question, but what exactly is the difference between console.log and the prompt function on Javascript?
2 Answers
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherThe prompt() function opens a dialog box; a user can type a response in the box and that response is stored in a variable. For example:
var userName = prompt("What is your name?","");
console.log writes a message to a web browser's console. The console is normally hidden, so you need to open it to see the message. For example in Chrome you can open the console with Ctrl-Shift-J (windows) and Cmd-Option-J (mac).
console.log("Here's a message for the console.");
cristina montanez
71 Pointsis console.log where a stored mini-program can be referred to over and over again eliminating the need to rewrite the min-program again and again?
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacherconsole.log is a command, also called a "function" or "method" that is programmed into most web browsers. You use the console.log command to write a message to the browser's JavaScript console.
Lauren McDaniel
Courses Plus Student 125 PointsLauren McDaniel
Courses Plus Student 125 PointsThanks a million
John Weland
42,478 PointsJohn Weland
42,478 PointsDave McFarland is there a way to run this all in the console so the prompt rather than being a popup is just a line in the console?