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

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cleavonbrathwaite
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 3,018 Points

I am not seeing my syntax error

I believe I followed all the steps but I can't identify where the error is

script.js 
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');
  }
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

Łukasz Mikołajczak
Łukasz Mikołajczak
2,654 Points
Łukasz Mikołajczak
Łukasz Mikołajczak
2,654 Points

You are missing parentheses in the first line of Your "if" statement. You have: 

if a > b

it should be:

if (a > b)
Daniel Newman
Daniel Newman
Courses Plus Student 10,715 Points

Please, mark you question as answered.