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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Create a `do...while` loop

Mayowa Adeyeye
Mayowa Adeyeye
1,379 Points

do while

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); do { secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); secret === "sesame";

}while ( secret !== "sesame" ) { document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
};

i test the above in chrome console and it work. dont know is not accepted as answer

script.js
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
do {
   secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); 
   secret === "sesame";  

}while ( secret !== "sesame" ) {
  document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");     
};
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

One advantage of using a "do while" in this situation is that you will only need to call "prompt" once, inside the loop.

Also, this form of loop ends after the conditional expression following the "while". There should not be an additional code body in braces after it as there would be in the other style of "while" loop.