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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Build a Quiz Challenge, Part 1

Quinton Dobbs
Quinton Dobbs
5,149 Points
Posted by Quinton Dobbs
Quinton Dobbs
5,149 Points

How to 2 questions have 1 answer and 1 question have 2 answers?

The only snag I am hitting is how to get Javascript to accept either of my two possible answers in my 3rd question. I figure I am trying to fit too many variables in a space that can only carry 1. But I am curious as to how to make this work.

alert("Get ready for a surprise quiz!");
var correctAnswers = 0;
var questions = [
  ['What British classic-rock band sang Bohemian Rhapsody?', 'queen'],
  ['Who was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary war?' ,'george washington'],
  ['Who was the leader of Nazi Germany in World War 2?', 'hitler' || 'adolf hitler']
];
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i +=1) {
  document.write('<p> <strong> Question: </strong> ' + questions[i][0] + '</p>');
  var answers = prompt(questions[i][0])
  if(answers.toLowerCase() === questions[i][1]) {
    correctAnswers += 1
    document.write( answers + ' is correct!');
  } else {
    document.write( answers + ' is incorrect!');
  }
}

document.write('<p> <strong> Score: </strong> You got ' + correctAnswers + ' questions correct!</p>');

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You can't combine strings with a logical operator (like "||").

Even if you could, it would not cause the program to check both answers separately.

But one way you could make this work is instead of having a single string as the answer, have an array of strings. Then, when checking for the answer you could have another loop that would go through the inner array and compare each one to the response. If any one of them matched, the answer would be considered correct.

Duy Khanh
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Duy Khanh
Courses Plus Student 4,911 Points
Duy Khanh
Duy Khanh
Courses Plus Student 4,911 Points

You cannot use (||) logical for string ! if you have two answer , you should store it in an array 

var questions = [
  ['What British classic-rock band sang Bohemian Rhapsody?', 'queen'],
  ['Who was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary war?' ,'george washington'],
  ['Who was the leader of Nazi Germany in World War 2?', ['hitler','adolf hitler']]
];