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JavaScript

Posted by Dylan George
Dylan George
1,293 Points

Create a variable named "chance" and assign a random number between 0 and 20 to it using the Math.random() method.

Create a variable named "chance" and assign a random number between 0 and 20 to it using the Math.random() method.

I have entered the following but it returning the error: "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing."

    var diameter = 5.75,
          a = 17,
          b = 42,
          c = 1337,
          ageIfILiveToYear2100 = (new Date(2100, 0, 1) - new Date(1995, 5, 16, 7, 20)) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365.242);
      var circumference = diameter * Math.PI;
      var chance = Math.random()*20)+1);
    ```

6 Answers

eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points

You have some unneeded parentheses in your last statement.

var chance = Math.random()*20+1;
Dylan George
Dylan George
1,293 Points

beauty, thanks Eirik.

Paul Miller
Paul Miller
1,277 Points

Why doesn't it accept the code, var chance = Math.random(20);

Works fine in the console.

Elijah Collins
Elijah Collins
19,457 Points
Elijah Collins
Elijah Collins
19,457 Points

I used

var chance = Math.random()*20;

Armando Flores
Armando Flores
10,059 Points

That seemed to work for me too, anything else was messing up problem #1.

Syed Hassan
PLUS
Syed Hassan
Courses Plus Student 776 Points
Syed Hassan
Syed Hassan
Courses Plus Student 776 Points

var chance = Math.random()*20+1; I could not understand where the + 1 come from?

Syed Hassan
PLUS
Syed Hassan
Courses Plus Student 776 Points
Syed Hassan
Syed Hassan
Courses Plus Student 776 Points

I agree with Elijah. Shouldn't it be var chance = Math.random() * 20 ; ?

christopher couret
christopher couret
10,297 Points
christopher couret
christopher couret
10,297 Points

this answer worked for me var chance = Math.random() * 20 ; thank you

Jeremy Lindstrom
Jeremy Lindstrom
6,646 Points
Jeremy Lindstrom
Jeremy Lindstrom
6,646 Points

You add the +1, because it would never go to 20, since it starts at 0.