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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Introducing Conditional Statements

Posted by tap
tap
2,029 Points

This challenge task has an error. The correct answer works in workspaces and in the browser too but not here

var answer = prompt("What is the best programming laguage?"); if (answer.toLowerCase() === 'javascript') { alert("You are correct"); }

app.js
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Treadway
Steven Treadway
10,037 Points
Steven Treadway
Steven Treadway
10,037 Points

Your code is absolutely correct, but for the challenge's sake, remove the ".toLowerCase()" and capitalize the "J" and the "S" in JavaScript.

var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?"); 
if (answer === 'JavaScript') { 
alert("You are correct"); 
}