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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Numbers Creating Numbers: Part 2

Posted by Josh Hicks
Josh Hicks
14,146 Points

How do you declare an octal literal in js?

What am I doing wrong? It says to use <code> tags but I can't use a / in a script tag. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Creating Numbers</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="core.css">
    <script>
      // exponential notation
      //    1E6 === 1000000
      // 1.23E6 === 1230000
      var GermanyGDP = 3.4E12;
      // octal number literals
      //  06 ===  6
      //  07 ===  7 
      // 010 ===  8
      // 011 ===  9
      // 012 === 10
      <code>var mevol = 20;</code>
    </script>

  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Creating Numbers: Part 2</h2>
    <script src="viewer.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Christopher Hall
Christopher Hall
9,052 Points
Christopher Hall
Christopher Hall
9,052 Points

I think this is resulting from an error in the challenge error message. You should not have <code> tags within the <script> tags. You're close with your answer for the mevol variable, but remember that octal numbers must begin with a 0.

Josh Hicks
Josh Hicks
14,146 Points
Josh Hicks
Josh Hicks
14,146 Points

I think it was an error. I tried it without the code tags and with the zero in front and it worked. Thanks!