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JavaScript

Nick East
Nick East
7,671 Points
Posted by Nick East
Nick East
7,671 Points

Help why am i always getting 1/5, even though i answer the questions correctly!!

// quiz starts - no questions have been asked 
var correct = 0; 

//ask a quesiton 
var  question1 = prompt("Name a programming language that is also a gem?");
if (question1.toUpperCase() === "RUBY")  {
    correct +=  1;
    }

var question2 = prompt("What does HTML stand for?");
if (question2.toUpperCase() === "HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE") {
    correct += 1;
    }


var question3 = prompt("What does CSS stand for?");
if (question3.toUpperCase () === "CASCADING STYLE SHEETS" ) {
    correct +=  1;
    }

var question4 = prompt("True or False,  JavasScipt & Java the same programming language");
if (question4.toUpperCase() === "FALSE" ) {
    correct =+ 1;
}

var question5 = prompt("True or False, JavaScript can work on the back end as well as the front?")
if (question5.toUpperCase() === "True" ) {
    correct =+ 1;
    }
//Out-put result
document.write("<p>You got " + correct + " out of 5 questions correct.<p>");

if ( correct === 5 ) {
  document.write("<p><strong>You earned a gold crown!</strong></p>");  
} else if (correct >= 3) {
  document.write("<p><strong>You earned a silver crown.</strong></p>");  
} else if (correct >= 2) {
  document.write("<p><strong>You earned a bronze crown.</strong></p>");  
} else {
  document.write("<p><strong>Hahahahah you lose</strong></p>");
}

1 Answer

Elijah Quesada
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Elijah Quesada
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,965 Points

A couple issues seems to be causing the issue.

  1. Question 4 and 5 += assignment operator is backwards =+.
  2. Question 5 you're converting the prompt response toUpperCase, but the answer is lowercase. question5.toUpperCase() === "True"
// quiz starts - no questions have been asked 
var correct = 0; 

//ask a quesiton 
var  question1 = prompt("Name a programming language that is also a gem?");
if (question1.toUpperCase() === "RUBY")  {
    correct +=  1;
    }

var question2 = prompt("What does HTML stand for?");
if (question2.toUpperCase() === "HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE") {
    correct += 1;
    }


var question3 = prompt("What does CSS stand for?");
if (question3.toUpperCase() === "CASCADING STYLE SHEETS") {
    correct +=  1;
    }

var question4 = prompt("True or False,  JavasScipt & Java the same programming language");
if (question4.toUpperCase() === "FALSE") {
    correct += 1;
}

var question5 = prompt("True or False, JavaScript can work on the back end as well as the front?");
if (question5.toUpperCase() === "TRUE") {
    correct += 1;
    }
//Out-put result
document.write("<p>You got " + correct + " out of 5 questions correct.<p>");

if ( correct === 5 ) {
  document.write("<p><strong>You earned a gold crown!</strong></p>");  
} else if (correct >= 3) {
  document.write("<p><strong>You earned a silver crown.</strong></p>");  
} else if (correct >= 2) {
  document.write("<p><strong>You earned a bronze crown.</strong></p>");  
} else {
  document.write("<p><strong>Hahahahah you lose</strong></p>");
}
Nick East
Nick East
7,671 Points
Nick East
Nick East
7,671 Points

Thank you so much! Knew it was something small!