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

Ran Pur
Ran Pur
536 Points
Posted by Ran Pur
Ran Pur
536 Points

I am not sure where the error is occurring

The only thing I am getting is a message that says "Bummer: There was an error with your code: SyntaxError: Parse error"

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a > b); {
document.write('a is greater than b');
} else {
document.write('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>

1 Answer

Martin Gailius
Martin Gailius
4,685 Points 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a > b) {
document.write('a is greater than b');
} else {
document.write('a is not greater than b');
}

You have a ";" symbol in the wrong place. (after if statement)