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

Posted by Julie Dellert
Julie Dellert
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Do-While Challenge

This is what I have, it keeps telling me that I have a syntax error: parse error. Can someone tell me where I am going wrong?

```var secret;

do ( secret !== "sesame" ) { secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); } while (secret === "sesame") { document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome."); }```

script.js 
var secret;

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

Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
Treehouse Teacher

Hey, Julie! Take a look at how you are writing your do...while loop, the formatting of your do...while loop is incorrect. Typically, do...while loops look something like this:

var secret;
do {
//do stuff here
} while ( secret !== "sesame" );
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

Check out this resource for more info and examples: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/do...while