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

CHARLES REROMA
CHARLES REROMA
771 Points
Posted by CHARLES REROMA
CHARLES REROMA
771 Points

variable answer passing to condition.

What am I doing wrong?

var answer = prompt ("What is the best programming language?");

if(answer == JavaScript) { alert("You are correct"); }

else { }

app.js 
var answer = prompt ("What is the best programming language?");

if(answer == JavaScript) 
{
  alert("You are correct");
}

else
{
}
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>

1 Answer

Trevor Johnson
Trevor Johnson
14,427 Points
Trevor Johnson
Trevor Johnson
14,427 Points

Hey there, right now the code is doing this:

answer is set equal to prompt('What is the best programming language?'), and then the if else statement is checking to see if answer is equal to JavaScript, which is false because right now answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?'). The input needs to be stored inside answer, and then the if else statement needs to check to see if answer is equal to JavaScript.

var answer = '';

prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if (answer === 'JavaScript') {
  alert('You are correct');
}