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ellie adam
26,376 Pointsstage 1 simplify Repetitive Tasks with loops
var secret; do { prompt("What is the secret password?"); } while ( secret !== "sesame" ) secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
var secret;
do { prompt("What is the secret password?");
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" )
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
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
Marcus Parsons
15,718 PointsHey ellie adam,
I see a couple problems with your code.
1) You need to set the prompt in the do-while to the sesame variable, because otherwise, the loop will never break. The do-while loop is checking the value of sesame each time, but it has nowhere to go because sesame is getting no new values to break out of the loop.
2) You are also resetting the variable sesame after the loop executes. You can get rid of the line after the do-while statement.
var secret;
do {
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}
while ( secret !== "sesame" )
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
ellie adam
26,376 PointsThanks! very helpful explanation :)
Marcus Parsons
15,718 PointsYou're very welcome, Ellie! :)