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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Posted by mike sanford
mike sanford
2,389 Points

I am lost on using comparative objectives code quiz

Can I please get a explanation on how to write this code. I do not understand how to write it

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points

You have to use an "if statement" so you can check if the variable "a" is greater than the variable called "b". You have to use the comparison operator ">" (greater than).

var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if (a > b) {
    alert('a is greater than b');
} else {
    alert('a is not greater than b');
}

I hope that helps a little bit

mike sanford
mike sanford
2,389 Points
mike sanford
mike sanford
2,389 Points

Thank you Carlos. Glad to see from your code I was on right track I just added if var (a > var b) also did if (var a > var b) and multitudes of more incorrect ways of doing it. Once again KISS rules supreme when it comes to code.

Mike