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

Oliver Sewell
Oliver Sewell
16,108 Points
Posted by Oliver Sewell
Oliver Sewell
16,108 Points

do .. while loop , please can someone help im confused T__T

My brain hurts !?!?!?!? can some explain what ive done wrong @_@

script.js 
/*var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while ( secret !== "sesame" ) {
  secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");    
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");*/

var secret;
do {
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
 if (secret !== "sesame")  {
  prompt("sorry try again?");
}    
} 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

Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points
Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points

Yoo waddup Oliver, sometimes it's best to go over the video to see what you did wrong. There are some things wrong with the following answer.

You do not need an if statement to check whether it should keep looping or not. The "while" will do that for us.

When you call a do while loop, it isn't two different statements.

First make it so we have a variable to work with.

var secret;

Then create your do while loop so that the prompt will at least be asked the first them whether the loop is false or not.

do {
  secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");  
} while ( secret !== "sesame" );

Then have this outside of your loop because we don't want this to be repeated, rather we want this to be displayed once the do while loop is finished!

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
Oliver Sewell
Oliver Sewell
16,108 Points
Oliver Sewell
Oliver Sewell
16,108 Points

Thankyou , this is an awesome answer explains it very well ! even though the "css" confused me at first xD