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

Jesse Thompson
Jesse Thompson
10,684 Points
Posted by Jesse Thompson
Jesse Thompson
10,684 Points

It says task 1 is no longer working but I havent changed anything and it does not look like there is any conflicting cod

I just do not see why task 1 is no longer passing for my code here. It seems as if I am doing everything correct. I even added toUpperCase to answer and changed the value to JAVASCRIPT to make it better but it says task 1 is broken.

app.js 
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");
if ( answer === 'JavaScript'); {
  alert("<p>You are correct</p>");
} 
else {
  alert("<p>Javascript is the best language</p>"); 
{
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>

2 Answers

Darrell Conklin
Darrell Conklin
21,988 Points
Darrell Conklin
Darrell Conklin
21,988 Points

There is a semi-colon after the condition in your if statement, remove it and your code should work.

Jesse Thompson
Jesse Thompson
10,684 Points
Jesse Thompson
Jesse Thompson
10,684 Points

Yeah thanks for the quick reply. Small syntax error.