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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Introducing Conditional Statements

Posted by Qasim Rashad
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Qasim Rashad
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,837 Points

help with an task

it is telling me error but can't spot the problem, did I do something wrong?

app.js 
var answer= prompt('What is the best programming language');
alert("You are correct");
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="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jack Cummins
Jack Cummins
17,417 Points
Jack Cummins
Jack Cummins
17,417 Points

You've got to add the conditional statement.

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if (answer === 'JavaScript'){
  alert("You are correct");
}

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