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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops A Closer Look At Loop Conditions

Posted by William Richardson
William Richardson
1,793 Points

Hello, I am having trouble writing the while condition with this code challenge.

Anyone help me?

app.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while ( prompt <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="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

David Garner
David Garner
4,181 Points
David Garner
David Garner
4,181 Points

The challange asks to keep prompting the user WHILE the string secret is NOT EQUAL TO "sesame". You don't won't to use the ">" or "<" logic you want to check equality.

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");  //assigns the user input to a variable secret
while ( secret !== "sesame"){  // if the password the user entered was not equal to sesame then it runs the code insides the braces
     secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");  //asks the user for the password again
}

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
David Garner
David Garner
4,181 Points

The while line should read:

while (secret !== "sesame"){