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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Create a while Loop

Posted by Jacquelyn Gomez
Jacquelyn Gomez
2,431 Points

the site says I have a "syntax error: parse error" but I've run the code on the JavaScript engine/console and it works.

here is my code, I even changed it so that it would equal "26" at the end when printed but it still apparently has an error somewhere. var count = 0;

while (count < 26) { count += 1; document.write(${count}); }

the way I originally wrote the program was like this, and it also gave me a "bummer syntax error:parse error" var count = 0;

while (count < 26) { document.write(${count}); count += 1; }

script.js 
var count = 0;

while (count < 26) {
  count += 1;
  document.write(`${count} `);
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

This challenge apparently doesn't recognize ES2015 syntax. But you don't need the template literal anyway, you can simply output the value directly:

  document.write(count);
Jacquelyn Gomez
Jacquelyn Gomez
2,431 Points

Thanks for your reply! And you're right, it's simpler without the template literal anyway