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

Posted by Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark
5,093 Points

Not sure why this does not work

Here is my code.

var a = 10; var b = 20; var c = 30;

if (a > 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 (a > 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

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Remove the periods from your alert statements and you'll pass