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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Build a Random Number Guessing Game

Ran Pur
Ran Pur
536 Points
Posted by Ran Pur
Ran Pur
536 Points

The code isn't working for me.

var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6) + 1; var guess = prompt('Pick a number between 1 and 6'); if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber) { document.write('<p>You're correct</p>'); } else { document.write('<p>Sorry! The number was ' + randomNumber '</p>'); }

2 Answers

Martin Gailius
Martin Gailius
4,685 Points
Martin Gailius
Martin Gailius
4,685 Points

I don't know much javascript BUT You need a backslash escape character ("or you can use other quotes") Try this:

var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6) + 1; 
var guess = prompt('Pick a number between 1 and 6'); 
if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber) { 
  document.write('<p>You\'re correct</p>'); 
} 
else { 
  document.write('Sorry! The number was ' + randomNumber); 
}
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You have unbalanced quotes in this statement:

  document.write('<p>You're correct</p>'); /// odd number of marks!
  document.write("<p>You're correct</p>");  // use a different kind of quote on the outside

And a missing operator in this one:

  document.write('<p>Sorry! The number was ' + randomNumber '</p>');    // missing "+"
  document.write('<p>Sorry! The number was ' + randomNumber + '</p>');  // fixed

In future, use the instructions for code formatting in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up below the "Add an Answer" area. :arrow_heading_down:   Or watch this video on code formatting.