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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Posted by Nathan Primm
Nathan Primm
1,933 Points

My browser is displaying the message 'a is not greater than b' even though the challenge message is saying that it's not

The alert box pop's up 'a is not greater than b' in my browser, however the challenge is saying that it does not see the message. Also, the if condition alert box does not pop up either. What's the malfunction here? My condition statement's are typed exactly like the video display's them. What is the dealio?

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a>b) { alert('a is greater than b')
}
else { alert('a is not greather than b');
}
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ioannis Leontiadis
Ioannis Leontiadis
9,828 Points
Ioannis Leontiadis
Ioannis Leontiadis
9,828 Points

Hello Nathan,

I hope you have already figured it out but if not, here is the problem,

if (a>b) { alert('a is greater than b')
}

You have forgot the semicolon after your alert statement. This is a common mistake so try using better indentation and style techniques. This reads better no?

if( a > b ){ 
    alert('a is greater than b');
}
Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points
Joel Bardsley
Joel Bardsley
31,249 Points

The problem is the misspelling of the word 'greater' in the alert method within the else statement. The output for these types of challenges needs to be exactly right, otherwise it will fail you for minor issues like this.