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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Your First JavaScript Program

Posted by amyzhang3
amyzhang3
914 Points

Please let me know what I wrote wrong under script: document.write("welcome to my site!")

<script> document.write("welcome to my site!")

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>

<body>
</body>

<script>
/document.write("Welcome to my site!")/ Write your code here.

</script>

</html>

2 Answers

Mike Hickman
Mike Hickman
19,817 Points
Mike Hickman
Mike Hickman
19,817 Points

Hi,

Remove the / / characters. Looks like you partially removed the javascript comment for "write your text here", but with those slashes still there (and the comment) it's going to screw up your stuff. Remove slashes and "write your text here" and you should be fine. Have fun!

franciskessie
PLUS
franciskessie
Courses Plus Student 4,164 Points
franciskessie
franciskessie
Courses Plus Student 4,164 Points

hi do like so

document.write("Welcome to my site!")

note that // in the code tells the browser dont count the following piece of text as code. in other words. hey browser dont interprete this code. its for me, may be a comment or something.