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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

Austin Miller
Austin Miller
5,171 Points
Posted by Austin Miller
Austin Miller
5,171 Points

Correct answers are not counting

None of my answers are counting when I run the program.

/* 
  1. Store correct answers
   - When quiz begins, no answers are correct
*/
let correct = 0;

// 2. Store the rank of a player
let rank;

// 3. Select the <main> HTML element
const main = document.querySelector('main');

/*
  4. Ask at least 5 questions
   - Store each answer in a variable
   - Keep track of the number of correct answers
*/
const answer1 = prompt("What is my name?");
if (answer1.toUpperCase() === "Austin") {
  correct += 1;
}
const answer2 = prompt("What is my favorite color?");
if (answer2.toUpperCase() === "purple") {
  correct += 1;
}
const answer3 = prompt("What is my favorite hobby?");
if (answer3.toUpperCase() === "video games") {
  correct += 1;
}
const answer4 = prompt("What is my dogs name?");
if (answer4.toUpperCase() === "Kane") {
  correct += 1;
}
const answer5 = prompt("Who do I look up to the most?");
if (answer5.toUpperCase() === "Dad") {
  correct += 1;
}

/*
  5. Rank player based on number of correct answers
   - 5 correct = Gold
   - 3-4 correct = Silver
   - 1-2 correct = Bronze
   - 0 correct = No crown
*/
if (correct === 5) {
  rank = 'Gold';
} else if (correct >= 3) {
  rank = 'Silver';
} else if (correct >= 1) {
  rank = 'Bronze';
} else {
  rank = 'None';
}


// 6. Output results to the <main> element
main.innerHTML = `
  <h2>You got ${correct} out of 5 questions correct.</h2>
  <p>Crown earned: <strong>${rank}</strong></p>`;

3 Answers

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ygh5254e69hy5h545uj56592yh5j94595682hy95
7,932 Points 
// the problem is in your if conditions
(answer1.toUpperCase() === "Austin") // condition is false, AUSTIN does not equal to Austin
(answer2.toUpperCase() === "purple") // condition is false, PURPLE does not equal to purple
(answer3.toUpperCase() === "video games") // condition is false, VIDEO GAMES does not equal video games
(answer4.toUpperCase() === "Kane") // condition is false, KANE does not equal Kane
(answer5.toUpperCase() === "Dad") // condition is false, DAD does not equal Dad

// in each condtion you use .toUpperCase() which converts whatever you pass to answer1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 into ALL UPPERCASES
// String comparison is case sensitive, in your case(answer1) you are comparing AUSTIN === Austin,
// since string are case sensitive this condition would be false and will not execute your correct += 1
// Solution

answer1.toLowerCase() === "austin" // for all of the answer
// make all answer#.toLowerCase() and the right handed string to all lower cases too

or

answer1.toUpperCase() === "AUSTIN" // for all of the answer
// keep the to answer#.toUpperCase, but capitalize all of the right handed strings
Austin Miller
Austin Miller
5,171 Points
Austin Miller
Austin Miller
5,171 Points

Thank your for your help! I can't believe I missed that

johan suh
johan suh
4,157 Points
johan suh
johan suh
4,157 Points

comparison issue.

answer1 for uppercase and Austin need to be all upper case too.

const answer1 = prompt("What is my name?"); if (answer1.toUpperCase() === "Austin".toLocaleUpperCase()) { correct += 1; }

johan suh
johan suh
4,157 Points

other than that ... good looking code. .... compare to mine .... :)

jara hernández Quijada
jara hernández Quijada
2,475 Points
jara hernández Quijada
jara hernández Quijada
2,475 Points

Thank you very much! I was having this exact issue!