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Barb Oladele
1,416 Pointsso while parsing error
I cannot get pass the parsing error:
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); int i =10; do{ (secret !== "sesame" ) ; secret = prompt("What is the secret password?"); i --1; }While (i>1); document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
int i =10;
do{
(secret !== "sesame" ) ;
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
i --1;
}While (i>1);
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>
2 Answers
Barb Oladele
1,416 PointsI get bummer error with more explanation on the below code
var secret= 0; do { prompt("What is the secret password?") secret +=1; } while (secret !== "sesame"); document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
Trent Stenoien
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 21,632 PointsCheck the Markdown Cheatsheet to format your posts here; it'll make it easier to read. :)
//Your code
var secret= 0; do { prompt("What is the secret password?") secret +=1; } while (secret !== "sesame");
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
First thing I notice about your code is that you're using 'var secret' as a counter. Remember that you don't need a counter for while statements unless you want it to run a certain number of times. In this case your loop will run until secret == "sesame", but secret is a number so it will never be a string called "sesame".
Keep in mind that whenever you redefine a variable in JS the code is 'secret = __________'. So when you write prompt("What is the secret password?"), a prompt will come up, but it isn't converted into a variable to be used. Rewrite this as 'secret = prompt("What is the secret password?")'.
var secret;
//Create variable to be used later
do {
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?")
//Redefine secret as the user input from prompt
/*secret +=1; isn't needed here because we don't need a counter for this loop.*/}
while (secret !== "sesame");
//Repeat while the secret is incorrect
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
//Write to document once password is guessed
Barb Oladele
1,416 PointsThanks trent. I thought the variable had to be initialized. I will follow your pattern of commenting every line, it does make the code easy to write.
Many thanks
Trent Stenoien
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 21,632 PointsTrent Stenoien
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 21,632 Points"int i = 10" While loops don't always need a counter if you've provided a way to break the loop; in this case 'secret !== "sesame"'. Second, keep in mind that do...while loops will run once automatically so you don't need to create the var prior to running it.
p.s. I also think you're using 'int' incorrectly, but I don't know enough about it to say for sure! Haha...