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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops A Closer Look At Loop Conditions

Kong Yang
Kong Yang
1,370 Points
Posted by Kong Yang
Kong Yang
1,370 Points

I don't understand what the challenge is asking me to do.

Just need some help with interpreting the challenge I suppose.

app.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Tushar Singh
Tushar Singh
Courses Plus Student 8,692 Points
Tushar Singh
Tushar Singh
Courses Plus Student 8,692 Points

Challenge is just to keep on bugging a user unless he enters "sesame", for that you need a while loop. So unless the user types "sesame", it will keep on showing the prompt.

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while (secret !== "sesame") {
 secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}  
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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The beginning of the challenge sets up a prompt to ask for the secret password. It simply wants you to keep asking the user for a password until they enter the correct one. Take a look at my solution:

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
  while (secret !== "sesame") {
    secret = prompt("That's not the password!  Try again:  ");
  }

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");