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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Posted by Brian Cass
Brian Cass
3,830 Points

var c = 30; if (a > b) { alert ('a is greater then b'); } else { alert ('a is not greater th

this say this is wrong and says dose not see the message a is not greater the b. but a message dose pop up saying this

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a > b) {
alert ('a is greater then b');
  } else {
  alert ('a is not greater then b');
  }
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Haider Ali
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Haider Ali
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 24,728 Points

It is a simple spelling mistake, you wrote 'then' instead of 'than' in both line 5 and 7

Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points
Daniel Hartin
Daniel Hartin
18,106 Points

Hi Brian

It looks to me like a simple typo it should be 'a is greater than b' not then.

Simply swap out the e for and a and I think you've got it!!

Thanks Daniel