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Upeksha Liyanaarachchi
11,018 PointsJavaScript
Add a conditional statement that tests if the value in the variable a is greater than the value in variable b. If it is, pop up an alert with the message 'a is greater than b'; also add an else clause that pops up the message 'a is not greater than b'. Bummer! I don't see the message 'a is NOT greater than b'. Are you sure you wrote the conditional statement correctly? Preview Get Help Reset Code Recheck work script.js index.html
alert 1 var a = 10; 2 var b = 20; 3 var c = 30; 4 ā 5 if ("a > b") { 6 alert("a is greater than b"); 7 } else { 8 alert("a is not greater than b"); 9 }
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
<!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
Tushar Singh
Courses Plus Student 8,692 Pointsif ("a > b"), this is the issue, a>b is not a string.
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');
}
Alec Plummer
15,181 PointsI see your problem was wrapping the conditional in a string
// correct
if (a > b) {
alert("a is greater than b");
} else {
alert("a is not greater than b");
}
// incorrect - don't wrap your conditional in quotes
if ("a > b") {
alert("a is greater than b");
}