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

Alba Vrapi
Alba Vrapi
2,341 Points
Posted by Alba Vrapi
Alba Vrapi
2,341 Points

Hi ,can you help me with the error in this code . I tried several times but it says error

Conditionals

app.js 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if ( answer.toUpperCase() === 'JavaScript'){
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>

2 Answers

lassek
lassek
8,209 Points
lassek
lassek
8,209 Points

Hello, change the "{" to "}" at the last code line

Magnus Martin
Magnus Martin
44,123 Points
Magnus Martin
Magnus Martin
44,123 Points

The condition "if ( answer.toUpperCase() === 'JavaScript')" will always evaluate to false for any given answer-string.