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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers The Mad Libs Challenge Revisited

Daniel Caine
Daniel Caine
2,970 Points
Posted by Daniel Caine
Daniel Caine
2,970 Points

Countdown isn't working

https://w.trhou.se/qrdpumzg71

Hi there,

Can someone please have a look at my code and tell my why it keeps telling me there are 3 questions remaining?

1 Answer

Ella Ruokokoski
Ella Ruokokoski
20,881 Points

You have to build up the prompt string again each time you subtract from the questions variable so it will print the right number in the prompt window. Right now you are prompting the string that holds the value 3 for the questions variable.

so after each subtraction add:

questionsLeft = '[' + questions + ' questions left]';

that will update the variable questionsLeft after the subtraction.