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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops `do ... while` Loops

Posted by kingsley Emeka
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kingsley Emeka
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 18,238 Points

Not sure my code is working as expected

It takes my code one attempt to guess the number regards of which number is enter in the prompt dialog. Something seems to be wrong but i cant figure it out. 

var randomNumber = getRandomNumber(10);
var guess;
var guessCount = 0;
var correctGuess = false; 

function getRandomNumber(upper) {
  var num = Math.floor(Math.random() * upper ) + 1;
  return num;

}

do {
  guess = prompt('Guess a number btw 1 -10');
  guessCount += 1;
  if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber){
    correctGuess = true; 

  }
} while ( ! correctGuess )
  document.write('<h1>You guessed the number!</h1>');
document.write('It took you ' + guessCount + 'tries to guess the number ' + randomNumber);
Daniel Phillips
Daniel Phillips
26,940 Points

I'm not sure what's going on. Your code is right and works for me. Maybe more testing?

1 Answer

Dario Bahena
Dario Bahena
10,697 Points
Dario Bahena
Dario Bahena
10,697 Points

Refresh your browser or restart. Your code is fine. Although parseInt should have a radix.

// 10 is used because we use base 10 for counting numbers
// without it, this cannot be guaranteed.
parseInt(guess, 10)

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/parseInt