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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

Jonathan Hull
Jonathan Hull
5,606 Points
Posted by Jonathan Hull
Jonathan Hull
5,606 Points

Hi, is there a way to terminate the program based on an initial question. 

var start = prompt("Hello! Are you ready to play a game?");
var correct = 0;
var yes = false;

if (start.toLowerCase() === "yes") {
yes = true;
} else {
    yes= false;
}

if (yes = false) { 
    document.write("We are done here");
}

then the rest of the code.

I can get the program to spit out the we are done here part, but the rest of the program still runs.

Thanks

1 Answer

andi mitre
STAFF
andi mitre
Treehouse Guest Teacher
andi mitre
andi mitre
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey Jonathan, your else statement is not needed because the variable yes is set to false to start with. Try this:

var start = prompt("Hello! Are you ready to play a game?");
var correct = 0;
var yes = false;

if (start.toLowerCase() === "yes") {
  yes = true;
} 

if (yes == false) { 
    document.write("We are done here");
}