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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

arik
arik
5,791 Points
Posted by arik
arik
5,791 Points

My code didn't run at all, and I just got blank page. Could somebody please check what's wrong with my code, thank you.

//variable

var question1; var question2; var question3; var question4; var question5; var numberOfQuestion; var questionLeft; var lastQuestion; var correctScore; var message1;

//Announce the game

alert("Let's start the game!");

//score before the game start correctScore = 0;

//User input

numberOfQuestion = 4; questionLeft = "[" + numberOfQuestion + " questionLeft " + "]"; question1 = prompt("What is the capital of Indonesia?" + questionLeft); question1 = question1.toUpperCase; if(question1 === "JAKARTA"){ correctScore += 1; alert("You are great!"); }else{ alert("The answer was JAKARTA"); }

numberOfQuestion -= 1; questionLeft = "[" + numberOfQuestion + " questionLeft " + "]"; question2 = prompt("What is the capital of Madagascar?" + questionLeft); question2 = question2.toUpperCase; if(question2 === "ANTANANARIVO"){ correctScore += 1; alert("You are great!"); }else{ alert("The answer was ANTANANARIVO"); }

numberOfQuestion -= 1; questionLeft = "[" + numberOfQuestion + " questionLeft " + "]"; question3 = prompt("What is the capital of Micronesia?" + questionLeft); question3 = question3.toUpperCase; if(question3 === "PALIKIR"){ correctScore += 1; alert("You are great!"); }else{ alert("The answer was PALIKIR"); }

numberOfQuestion -= 1; questionLeft = "[" + numberOfQuestion + " question left " + "]"; question4 = prompt("What is the capital of Palau?" + questionLeft); question4= question4.toUpperCase; if(question4 === "NGERULMUD"){ correctScore += 1; alert("You are great!"); }else{ alert("The answer was NGERULMUD"); }

lastQuestion = "[This is the last question. ]" question5 = prompt("What is the capital of Timor Leste?" + lastQuestion); question5 = question5.toUpperCase; if("question5 === "DILI"){ correctScore += 1; alert("You are great!"); }else{ alert("The answer was DILI"); }

//Message

message1 = "<p>You got " + correctScore + " point out of 5 points.</p>"; document.write(message1);

if(correctScore === 5){ document.write("<p><strong>You are awesome! You got gold crown!</strong></p>"); }else if(correctScore>= 3){ document.write("<p>Not bad, you got silver crown!</p>"); }else if(correctScore>= 1){ document.write("<p>You got bronze crown!</p>"); }else{ document.write("<p>You gotta learn more!</p>"); }

3 Answers

robertmaiolo
robertmaiolo
7,946 Points

lastQuestion = "[This is the last question. ]"; <---add semi-colon...

Remove mismatch quote before 'question5' --->if(question5 === "DILI"){ correctScore += 1; alert("You are great!"); }else{ alert("The answer was DILI"); }

Once I made these changes, it seemed to work fine for me

arik
arik
5,791 Points
arik
arik
5,791 Points

Thank you!!! It works:) But I got another problem, despite answering correctly, the program didn't count it, and the last message always return 0 point..It seems that the correctScore+= 1 doesn't work, what could be wrong..

robertmaiolo
robertmaiolo
7,946 Points
robertmaiolo
robertmaiolo
7,946 Points

There were some syntax errors..try replacing line 21 with this:

lastQuestion = "[This is the last question. ]"; question5 = prompt("What is the capital of Timor Leste?" + lastQuestion); question5 = question5.toUpperCase; if(question5 === "DILI"){ correctScore += 1; alert("You are great!"); }else{ alert("The answer was DILI"); }

arik
arik
5,791 Points
arik
arik
5,791 Points

Thank you for your help robertmaiolo, but could you please highlight which part of the code that has syntax errors, since I couldn't see it. I think the code you gave is the same as mine...

arik
arik
5,791 Points
arik
arik
5,791 Points

The problem solved ! I forgot to add --->() after .toUpperCase Instead of writing .toUpperCase() I plainly wrote .toUpperCase. That's why the program always evaluate wrong. Thank you very much indeed robertmaiolo:)