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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Ben Warman
Ben Warman
2,084 Points
Posted by Ben Warman
Ben Warman
2,084 Points

Does anyone know what is wrong with this JavaScript code please? var a = 10; var b = 20; var c = 30; if(a > b){ alert

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if(a > b){
  alert("a is greater than b");
} else {
  alert("a is NOT greated than b");
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
78,020 Points

Your code seems to be correct. Maybe it is that you spelled NOT in all caps and you have a little typo. You spell "greated" instead of "greater".. I just put your code in a CLI and it pops up the alert window saying: "a is NOT greated than b"

Ben Warman
Ben Warman
2,084 Points
Ben Warman
Ben Warman
2,084 Points

Ah right yea that makes sense thanks, typo on greater. The joys of being dyslexic and trying to code haha

Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
78,020 Points

;-)