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

Tevi Lawson
Tevi Lawson
5,645 Points
Posted by Tevi Lawson
Tevi Lawson
5,645 Points

how do I fix this code?

How do I fix this code

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

} else { alert("JavaScript is the best language!");

app.js 
var answer = prompt ("what is the best programming language?")
if(answer === "JavaScript");{
alert("You are correct");

}
else {
 alert("JavaScript is the best language!");
}
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

richporter
richporter
16,727 Points
richporter
richporter
16,727 Points

Few typos here.

1) space between prompt and it's parentheses.

2) no semi-colon after the prompt

3) extra semi-colon inbetween the if statement and it's code block

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