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JavaScript

Posted by julieseif
julieseif
11,063 Points

Javascript Basics Improving The Random Number Guessing Game Help Needed

I'm trying to figure out why, when I run my code, I am not getting the chance to input a second guess when I guess incorrectly.

I thank you for your help in advance

Here is the original video for reference: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-basics/making-decisions-with-conditional-statements/improving-the-random-number-guessing-game

Here is my code: 

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 ) {
// is the guess lower than the random number? 
  var guessMore = prompt('Try again. The number I am thinking of is more than' + guess);
  // we let the player know it is incorrect

            if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber {
                correctGuess = true;

                // this tests if the second guess is correct, and sets the value to true, because the user has gotten it right.
}


         else if (parseInt(guess) < randomNumber ) {
 //is the guess higher than the random number?
  var guessMore = prompt('Try again. The number I am thinking of is less than' + guess);
                // we let the player know it is incorrect
            if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber {
                correctGuess = true;
                 // this tests if the second guess is correct, and sets the value to true, because the user has gotten it right.
}



if ( correctGuess ) {
              // we test the value of this variable and print the appropriate message
    document.write('<p>You guessed the number!</p>');
} else {
    document.write('<p>Sorry. The number was ' + randomNumber + '.</p>');
}

2 Answers

Eric Garnick
Eric Garnick
6,991 Points
Eric Garnick
Eric Garnick
6,991 Points

For one thing, you're missing closing parentheses in lines 11 and 22:

11 if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber {

22 if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber {

And then you are missing closing braces for those same if statements. Adding these closing parentheses and braces makes the code run, but you also have your greater than and less than tests backwards.

Hugo Buenrostro
Hugo Buenrostro
10,620 Points
Hugo Buenrostro
Hugo Buenrostro
10,620 Points

Try with this correction...

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 guessMore = prompt("Try again. The number I am thinking of is less than");
}

      if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber) {
        correctGuess = true;

}

}

if ( correctGuess ) { document.write("<p>You guessed the number!</p>"); } else { document.write("<p>Sorry. The number was " + randomNumber + ".</p>"); }

Enjoy. :)