Brendan Warford
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,156 PointsI have no idea why this doesn't work :/
So I'm currently trying to turn this 'while' loop into a 'do while' loop. I tried to put the prompt inside to loop yet it tells me to do just that. sometimes it states that it is not declared as well. I know this is probably an easy fix I'm just stuck on it.
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
do {
prompt(secret);
} while ( secret !== "sesame" )
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
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rydavim
Treehouse Moderator 18,222 PointsIf someone below has fully addressed your question, I would also encourage you to vote and mark as best answer. Happy coding!
1 Answer
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17,037 PointsHi :} the sturcture of a do.. while loop is like that:
do {
}while(something);
you did one important thing well, u have to declare the secret var outside the loop because if u will create it inside the loop evreytime the loop will run u recreate this variable.
explantion:
var secret;
//entring the loop
do {
//keep asking for a prompt and assign the user reposnse to "secret"
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
//as long as the value in "secret" is not "seasme"
} while ( secret !== "sesame" );
//this statement will run only if secret pass the while check
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
hope this helps.
Brendan Warford
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,156 PointsThank you I appreciate it. Pretty simple fix :)
Kevin Anderson
2,977 PointsKevin Anderson
2,977 PointsYou solution does, for the most part work. However, you are prompting the user once outside the loop. Then again immediately after entering the loop. Move your code around a bit:
do { var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); } while ( secret !== "sesame" ) document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");