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

Posted by Jonathan Cost
Jonathan Cost
2,418 Points

Parse Error -- not sure where I went wrong

I'm not seeing the issue with this, and I keep getting a parse error. I thought the prompt secret was what it's looking for, and I'm not really sure where this parse error is.

script.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
do {
    prompt secret;
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" );
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.")
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

Your prompt inside the do while loop is not necessary and causing the loop to not work the way you want it to. If you remove that, everything should work as you intended, you already have the necessary prompt in the 'secret' variable.

Jonathan Cost
Jonathan Cost
2,418 Points
Jonathan Cost
Jonathan Cost
2,418 Points

Thanks. I removed it, but I'd think that that kind of takes away the purpose of the challenge from JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects challenge #1 -- creating a do...while... loop.

When I removed it, then I received an 'The prompt() method should go INSIDE the do...while loop.'.

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

Right, you can always declare the variable secret outside the loop, but leave it empty, and then set secret to the prompt inside the do while loop.

var secret; do { secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); } while ( secret !== "sesame" ); document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.")

Jonathan Cost
Jonathan Cost
2,418 Points
Jonathan Cost
Jonathan Cost
2,418 Points

Thanks!