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scott Walker
2,506 Pointsive took a few days away and i seem to have forgotten whats wrong here
i initally thought maybe i needed
if var a = b
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if 'a' < 'b'
{
alert('a is greater than b');
else { alert('a is not greater than b');
}
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Noelle Anderson
Treehouse Moderator 12,363 PointsFew things that should help: 1) When you're comparing variables, you don't need quote marks - the quote marks make them strings instead. So while you've got this:
if 'a' < 'b'
You want this:
if a < b
2) The challenge is looking to see if a is greater than b. Right now your code is looking to see if b is greater than a. It helps me to remember that the open end is the "greater" end when you are working with those comparisons.
3) You are missing a closing curly bracket for the opening if statement. You've got:
if 'a' < 'b'
{
alert('a is greater than b');
else { alert('a is not greater than b');
}
and you just need to add a closing } right before the else so it looks like this:
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if 'a' < 'b' {
alert('a is greater than b');
} else {
alert('a is not greater than b');
}
Hope that helps!
Piotr Manczak
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 29,363 PointsAfter if you should place a and b in (). if ( a < b ) { alert('a is greater than b'); } else { alert('a is not greater than b'); } Try that, it should work.
Noelle Anderson
Treehouse Moderator 12,363 PointsNoelle Anderson
Treehouse Moderator 12,363 PointsWhoops! Sorry, I should have fixed the other issues I mentioned before pasting the final answer - everything I mentioned before the last post still stands.