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cleavonbrathwaite
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 3,018 PointsI am not seeing my syntax error
I believe I followed all the steps but I can't identify where the error is
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');
}
<!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

Łukasz Mikołajczak
2,654 PointsYou are missing parentheses in the first line of Your "if" statement. You have:
if a > b
it should be:
if (a > b)

cleavonbrathwaite
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 3,018 PointsI am so silly....thanks next time try not to do this before bed :)

Daniel Newman
Courses Plus Student 10,715 PointsPlease, mark you question as answered.