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

Jerko Begic
Jerko Begic
6,990 Points
Posted by Jerko Begic
Jerko Begic
6,990 Points

Here is my code but I cannot get it to Pass although I do get alert message saying “This is true” Why is this not workig

There is this challenge: “Add a Boolean value to the condition in this conditional statement. Use a boolean value that will result in the message "This is true" appearing in an alert box.” Here is my code but I cannot get it to “Pass” although I do get alert message saying “This is true” … Why is this not working?

script.js 
var xMan = true;
if (xMan) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}
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>
Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

While your code is fine outside the challenge, it is being picky about making us type the boolean value true. It won't even accept anything truthy, like 1.

1 Answer

Ayoub AIT IKEN
Ayoub AIT IKEN
12,314 Points 
if (true) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}