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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Booleans

Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points
Posted by Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points

Place a Boolean value between the parenthesis for the condition in this conditional statement. HELP

Its keeps saying bummer ive tried everything, no parentheses no semi colon no matter what i do its say im wrong what am i missing

script.js 
var correctGuess = (true);
if (correctGuess===(true)) 
{
    alert("This is true");
} 
else 
{
    alert('This is false');
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
benfarnham
benfarnham
17,073 Points

Your Boolean doesn't need parenthesis around it. Try :

if ( correctGuess === true ) {
    alert("This is true");
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}

2 Answers

Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points
Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points

the correct answer was: var correctGuess = (true) if ( true ) { alert('This is true'); } else { alert('This is false'); }

lakindujayathilaka
lakindujayathilaka
15,244 Points
lakindujayathilaka
lakindujayathilaka
15,244 Points

Hello this is the correct answer to your code challenge <blockquote>

if ( true ) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}

</blockquote> Mark my answer as the best if i was able to help u

Anusha Lee
Anusha Lee
Courses Plus Student 14,787 Points
Anusha Lee
Anusha Lee
Courses Plus Student 14,787 Points

Hi, Lakindu,

Your answer is correct, but why? I got stuck here for a long time. Thanks in advance.

anusha