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Daniel Hildreth
16,170 PointsNeed Help With While Loops
I need help with while loops; unless I'm shown howto exactly do something similar to what I'm asked then I don't know how to do it. In the code challenge of the JavaScript loops, it asks me to create a while loop that repeats until the user puts in the password 'sesame'. This is what I have so far:
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while ( secret = sesame ) {
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
3 Answers
Daniel Newman
Courses Plus Student 10,715 Pointsvar secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
var password = 'sesame';
while ( password = 'sesame' ) {
password = 'sesame' is assigning not compare. Use "===" or "!==" instead.
while ( password !== 'sesame' ) {
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 PointsDaniel you're really close on this one, just a couple of changes are needed. You do have the while loop set up correctly you are adding a variable that is not needed( var password). take a look at the code below:
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password");
while ( secret !== 'sesame' ) {
secret = prompt("What is the secret password");
}
document.write("You know the secret password, Welcome!");
the key here is the !== NOT operator, it states not equal too. so the loop is saying if the var secret is NOT equal to sesame run the loop. Here is a good reference on the while loop:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/while
Daniel Hildreth
16,170 PointsThis is what I currently have in the app.js file.
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
var password = 'sesame';
while ( password = 'sesame' ) {
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");