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

Adam Maley
Adam Maley
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Posted by Adam Maley
Adam Maley
5,946 Points

correct + 1 wouldn't work?

I am confused on why I couldn't just use +1 vs +=1

or couldn't I increment it

correct ++ 1

2 Answers

Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert
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Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert
6,286 Points

When incrementing by 1 you could just write it as correct ++ which just adds 1 to the current value of correct

Travis Howk
Travis Howk
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Travis Howk
Travis Howk
7,169 Points

In Javascript, you have to modify the instance of the variable to get the right value. This is done using += as opposed to +1 , which is only temporary.