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

Posted by Fenta Mekonen
Fenta Mekonen
2,743 Points

Variable

Could you check my variable coding please, And let me know what I have missed. Thanks

app.js 
var answer= prompt('what is the best programming language?'); 
if ( answer === 'javaScript' ) {
  alert('You are correct");
}
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>

4 Answers

henriquegiuliani
henriquegiuliani
12,296 Points
henriquegiuliani
henriquegiuliani
12,296 Points

You need to use " or ' equally for open and closing.

Your alert is using ' for opening and " for closing:

alert('You are correct");

Try fixing using this:

alert("You are correct");

Fenta Mekonen
Fenta Mekonen
2,743 Points
Fenta Mekonen
Fenta Mekonen
2,743 Points

Thanks for your fast respond, but still is not working.

henriquegiuliani
henriquegiuliani
12,296 Points
henriquegiuliani
henriquegiuliani
12,296 Points

Is there anything else in your app.js file? Which browser are you running it?

Tobias Edwards
Tobias Edwards
14,458 Points
Tobias Edwards
Tobias Edwards
14,458 Points

Hi, on top of what Henrique Giualiani mentioned, try changing the test condition of 'javaScript' to 'JavaScript' (notice the capitalization)