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Vytautas Dargis
5,715 PointsNot sure how to pass WHILE challenge.
The code in app.js just opens a prompt, asks for a password, and writes to the document. Something is missing. Add a while loop, so that a prompt keeps appearing until the user types "sesame" into the prompt.
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
var rightPass = ("sesame");
var quess;
while (secret !== rightPass) {
quess = secret;
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
/*
while (i < 10) {
text += "The number is " + i;
i++;
}
while (quess !== randomNumber) {
quess = getRandomNumber(upper);
attempts += 1;
}
document.write("The random number was " + randomNumber );
document.write("it took the computer " + attempts);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Chase Swanson
Courses Plus Student 8,886 PointsThe code block in the while loop is off. You need to keep prompting the question until they get it right.
Remember you do not need to define the variable again with var. That happened in the first statement.
Niclas Valentiner
8,947 PointsAs an added comment: In JavaScript if you make a variable with "var" in front of it you declare it. A variable name can only ever be declared once, if you try to declare it more the program throws an error. You can assign it a value as many times as you want but you just use the variable name in that case (no "var" in front of it).
And just to reiterate what Chase said: Your while loop doesn't include the prompt so the prompt is only run once.
Vytautas Dargis
5,715 PointsThank you guys
Vytautas Dargis
5,715 PointsVytautas Dargis
5,715 PointsThis is the primary condition:
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");