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JavaScript

Posted by Andrea Faciane
Andrea Faciane
10,042 Points

Time Calculator

My time calculator does not calculate. I made attempts to take a snapshot of my code so that other members can view. I hope that you can locate this. I'm rather discouraged.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

I don't think we're able to help you since you didn't show us any of your code...

Please provide code. Remember to wrap ``` (three backticks) around your code. Note that ` isn't the same as ' (single quote)! You can find the backtick character at the top-left of your keyboard.

Example:

```

if (name == 'Andrea') {

alert("Hello there");

}

```

if (name == 'Andrea') {
    alert("Hello there");
}

Example without formatting (bad, hard to read):

if (name == 'Andrea') { alert("Hello there"); }

Andrea Faciane
Andrea Faciane
10,042 Points

Thank you

var secondPerMin = 60;
var minsPerhour = 60;
var hoursPerDay = 24;
var daysPerWeek = 7;
var weeksPerYear = 52;
var secondsPerDay = secondsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay;
document.write('There are ' + secondsPerDay + ' seconds in a day');

please correct me if I made mistakes thanks

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Please use three backticks and not just one :smile:

However, you code is still sort of readable, it's just for future note if you get lots of code.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

After you run your program (don't switch tabs or windows!), try pressing Ctrl (or Cmmd if you are on a mac) and Shift and the letter i at the same time on your keyboard.

What errors you do see? It should be highlighted in red.

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,863 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,863 Points

Hey Andrea,

First I corrected your markdown for the code snippet. You had it right, it just needs to have 2 hard returns after any text before the opening backticks, a hard return after the opening 3 backticks and a hard return after your last line of code before the closing 3. (And it's good to add the language it's in for syntax highlighting). If you click the ... under your comment, you can select "edit comment" and you'll be able to see what I mean. :)

As for your code, everything is okay, you just have 2 typos in the variable name when you are defining them.

  1. You have secondPerMin instead of secondsPerMin (missing an 's') as it is in the call later on.
  2. You have minsPerhour' instead ofminsPerHour` (lower case 'h') but use an upper case 'H' later on.

Fix that up and everything works fine. :thumbs-up: :dizzy: