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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers The Mad Libs Challenge Revisited

Byron Murray
Byron Murray
3,915 Points
Posted by Byron Murray
Byron Murray
3,915 Points

My code, a little less

var questions = 3;

var adjective = prompt('Please type an adjective' + ' [' + questions + ' questions left.]');

var verb = prompt('Please type a verb' + ' [' + (questions -= 1) + ' questions left.]');

var noun = prompt('Please type a noun' + ' [' + (questions -= 1) + ' questions left.]');

alert('All done. Ready for the message?');

var sentence = "<h2>There once was a " + adjective;
sentence += ' programmer who wanted to use JavaScript to ' + verb;
sentence += ' the ' + noun + '.</h2>';
document.write(sentence);

1 Answer

Iain Simmons
MOD
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points
Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

That won't work because you can't assign/update a variable from within the value you're assigning to another variable. Or in this case, you can't use questions -= 1 to change the value of questions while you're assigning a value to adjective, verb or noun.

You could just print the value of questions, then questions - 1 and then questions - 2, but then if you're doing that, you might as well just write the number in.