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Hilary Katsande
9,045 Pointsquestion saying did you use a alert method
Hilary Katsande question saying did you use a alert method
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if ('a>b') {
}else {
alert("a not greater than b!");
}
<!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>
3 Answers
Omprakash Panigrahi
9,632 PointsHello! In the if clause you have a string ('a > b'), instead if comparing two variables if(a > b). Inside an if clause, if there is only string like if("something") , it will always amount to a truthy value and the else clause wont be executed. For example,
if("something"){
alert("This will always amount to true");
}
else {
alert("This wont be executed");
}
Rachel Heneault
Courses Plus Student 12,155 PointsIt looks like that is the issue, a>b should not be in quotes because you defined their day type as integers.
Sam Gord
14,084 Pointsi don't clearly get what the problem is here , but i think the condition in the if statement shouldn't be represented as a string like what you have , you might wanna change it this way :
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");
}