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

Posted by Basia S.
Basia S.
Courses Plus Student 189 Points

Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list

I've been having problems making the "Let's make random numbers" project. I have checked my code with the one in the video several times but I couldn't find the problem so then I checked the console and apparently I have a syntax error on line 15. I would be very grateful for any help and advice that you can give me.

Here's what my code looks like:

var upper = 10000;
var randomNumber = getRandomNumber(upper);
var guess;
var attempts = 0;

function getRandomNumber(upper) {
  return Math.floor( Math.random() * upper ) + 1;
}

while ( guess !== randomNumber ){
  guess = getRandomNumber( upper );
  attempts += 1;
}

document.write("<p>The random number was: " + randomNumber "<p>");
document.write("</p>It took the computer " + attempts + " attempts to get it right.</p>");

1 Answer

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

Hey Basia,

your code is almost right. You're just missing a + here:

document.write("The random number was: " + randomNumber "");

After randomNumber you should write a + to concatenate the string (even though there's nothing in it right now so you might want to add a point or something like this).

So if you replace this with that:

document.write("The random number was: " + randomNumber + ".");

it should work. I hope that helps, good luck! :)

Basia S.
Basia S.
Courses Plus Student 189 Points

Thank you very much!

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,602 Points

No problem, I'm glad I could help! :)