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Ryan Clouser
Courses Plus Student 2,928 PointsPrompt isnt working
Confused on why the "do" part of my do... while loop isnt working.
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
do {
secret = prompt();
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" )
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
3 Answers
Justin Radcliffe
18,987 PointsHi Ryan,
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); // <- delete prompt() and set value to "sesame"
do {
secret = prompt(); // <- set a different variable to hold the value of prompt. In the prompt include the string you had above.
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" )
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
// Hope that helps!
Le-Andris Daniel
11,279 PointsYou need to pass what you want the prompt function to prompt to the user inside of the do part of the loop, otherwise it'll keep opening an empty prompt window.
eva sokolovsky
8,111 Points!== here is the problem. It should be != with one equal sign