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

Ben Tambling
Ben Tambling
906 Points
Posted by Ben Tambling
Ben Tambling
906 Points

Keep getting an error message, can't work out what's wrong.

The code works as expected i.e. The alert pops up when the answer contains Javascript, but i'm getting an error message. The error suggests a fix, but I'm already doing it... am I missing something obvious?

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

1 Answer

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hi Ben,

The string you need to have is "JavaScript" in your if-statement for this challenge; JavaScript is a case sensitive language, and there is an important distinction between "Javascript" and "JavaScript". Then, you have it! :)

Ben Tambling
Ben Tambling
906 Points
Ben Tambling
Ben Tambling
906 Points

That's done the trick, thanks Marcus.

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Good deal! Happy Coding man!