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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops A Closer Look At Loop Conditions

Posted by mark pollard
mark pollard
6,079 Points

tried many combonations cant figured this out. any suggestions

should i add a funtion

app.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
var sesame;
var attempts = 0;
while ( sesame !== prompt() ) {
  secret = sesame;
  attempts += 1;
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Bryan Knight
Bryan Knight
34,215 Points

Mark, I'm not sure what your exact question is but here's something to think about. You would need some kind of input for secret in the HTML. Then you would want to compare the input from secret to the answer stored in sesame not an empty prompt. 

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
var sesame = 'password';
var attempts = 0;
while ( secret !== sesame) {
  prompt('Sorry wrong answer! Please try again.');
  attempts += 1;
}
document.write("You know the secret password. It took you " +  attempts + "number tries to guess it.");