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

Amber Wells
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Amber Wells
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 18,493 Points

Not getting any error codes

It works but its wrong. It asks if I am using the ">" sign to compare the values.

var a = 10; var b = 20; var c = 30; if ( 'var a' > 'var b' ) { alert( 'a is greater than b' ); } else { alert( 'a is not greater than b' ); }

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

1 Answer

james south
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james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Points

you are not comparing the variables a and b, but new strings 'var a' and 'var b'. the variables have already been declared with var so you don't need to use the var keyword again, just the variable name, a or b.