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JavaScript

Posted by Don Crowley
Don Crowley
Courses Plus Student 3,092 Points

Is the quiz broken? I add code that works in my workspace but I keep getting Task 1 is no longer passing

My code is

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if ( answer.toUpperCase() === 'JAVASCRIPT' ) {
  document.write('That is correct');
} else {
  document.write('Sorry that\'s wrong');
}

3 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Alright. There are two problems in your code. Firstly you have to output the messages in an alert window instead of writing it to the document. The other problem is that you have to check for the exact string "JavaScript", with an uppercase "J" and an uppercase "S" in this challenge. Your solution is actually better because the user can type JavaScript in any way but the challenge wants to have the correct writing of JavaScript and nothing else.

Besides that also note that the strings should be like the challenge wants them to be ("You are correct" and "JavaScript is the best language!")

So this should do it:

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

if(answer === 'JavaScript') {
  alert('You are correct');
} else {
  alert('JavaScript is the best language!');
}

I hope that helps, if you have further questions feel free to ask! :)

Don Crowley
Don Crowley
Courses Plus Student 3,092 Points

OK got it, Really appreciated Tobias

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey Don,

could you please post a link to the quiz where this is happening so I can go and have a look at it?

Don Crowley
PLUS
Don Crowley
Courses Plus Student 3,092 Points
Don Crowley
Don Crowley
Courses Plus Student 3,092 Points

Hi Tobias, thanks for the help https://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-basics/making-decisions-with-conditional-statements/introducing-conditional-statements-2