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JavaScript

Kevin Jervis
Kevin Jervis
2,600 Points
Posted by Kevin Jervis
Kevin Jervis
2,600 Points

Improving the Random Number Guessing Game (JavaScript Basics)

Hi Guys

My alert dialogue boxes are not appearing for some reason. Double checked the code but not sure where the error is.

var correctGuess = false; var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) + 1; var guess = prompt("I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6. What is it?"); if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber ) { correctGuess = true; }else if(parseInt(guess) <random){ var guessMore = prompt("Try again. The number I am thinking of is more than" + guess); if(parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber){ correctGuess = true; } } else if (parseInt(guess) > randomNumber){ var guessLess = prompt ("Try again the number I was thinking of is less than" + guess); if partseInt(guessLess) === randomNumber) { correctGuess = true; } } if (correctGuess) { document.write("<p>You guessed the number!</p>"); } else { document.write("<p>Sorry. The number was " + randomNumber + ".</p>"); }

3 Answers

Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points
Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points

It workes like a charm....as long as you correct all the typos in there. Lot of "{" missing, grammer mistakes ( partseInt not parseInt and so on ). Advice: write some code - test it, write - test it. I have used only the console to check your code. @TomasNovy have told you how to enter code snippets so I will not spam.

var correctGuess = false; 
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) + 1; 
var guess = prompt("I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6. What is it?"); 
if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber ) { 
    correctGuess = true; 
}else if(parseInt(guess) < randomNumber){ 
    var guessMore = prompt("Try again. The number I am thinking of is more than" + guess); 
    if(parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber){ 
        correctGuess = true; 
    }else if (parseInt(guess) > randomNumber){ 
        var guessLess = prompt ("Try again the number I was thinking of is less than" + guess);
    }
}


if(parseInt(guessLess) === randomNumber){ 
    correctGuess = true;
}
if (correctGuess) { 
    document.write("<p>You guessed the number!</p>"); 
} else {
 document.write("<p>Sorry. The number was " + randomNumber + ".</p>"); }
Tomas Novy
Tomas Novy
9,421 Points
Tomas Novy
Tomas Novy
9,421 Points

Hi Kevin,

Your code will be more readable and easier to read for us if you use Markdowns.

Wrap your code with 3 backticks (```) on the line before and after. 
If you specify the language after the first set of backticks, that'll help us with syntax highlighting.

          ```html
          <p>This is code!</p>
          ```
Kevin Jervis
Kevin Jervis
2,600 Points
Kevin Jervis
Kevin Jervis
2,600 Points

Thanks for the help guys. JavaScript just got really hard, but will keep going. Have a great weekend :o)