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Matthew Ashman
4,364 PointsNot sure how to tackle challenge
Not sure how to tackle this code challenge. Please explain reasoning behind the answer!
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
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>
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsFYI: You can avoid the redundancy (keeping it "DRY"*) by wrapping the prompt with a do...while loop:
do {
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
} while (secret != "sesame");
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
NOTE: This is just FYI. It is NOT for answering the challenge, since this concept has not yet been introduced in the course it is not accepted as an answer.
* "DRY" = "Don't Repeat Yourself"
Khambrel Davis
24,572 Pointsvar 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.");
We first ask the user for the password and store the input into a variable named secret. We then prompt the user for the password until the user types the correct password (sesame).
Matthew Ashman
4,364 PointsVery concise explanation. Thank you Khambrel :)