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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Introducing Conditional Statements

Charles Ng
Charles Ng
4,444 Points
Posted by Charles Ng
Charles Ng
4,444 Points

I don't know what's wrong? I used text editor and ran it with browser, it worked fine. Please help.

I don't know what's wrong? I used text editor and ran,it worked fine. Please help.

app.js 
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");

if ( answer.toUpperCase() === "JAVASCRIPT" ){
alert('You are correct');
}
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="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

You need to respect the case. The solution you typed isn't bad at all to be honest, but for this exersise, just type this:

var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");

if(answer === 'JavaScript'){
  alert("You are correct"); 
}
Charles Ng
Charles Ng
4,444 Points
Charles Ng
Charles Ng
4,444 Points

Thanks man. it is the "JavaScript" with the big "J" and big "S" which the question asked for.

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

No problem, my pleasure :)