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

Posted by marcus fields
marcus fields
2,641 Points

what am i doing wrong???

yo, i;m not confused by this, but damn. i;ve been trying for a couple of days now to get this right... & i'm still having trouble.

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
var answer = b;
if (a > b) {alert(' '+a+' is NOT greater than '+b+' ');}
else {alert(' '+a+' is NOT greater than '+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>
raquel pinto
raquel pinto
12,549 Points
raquel pinto
raquel pinto
12,549 Points

I think you just have to put... if (a > b) {alert(' '+a+' is greater than '+b+' ');} instead of "is NOT greater than". I mean, your two statements say that is "NOT greater than", other than that, your code works...

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,787 Points

Both of your messages are the same.

Only the latter one should have the word "NOT" in it.

Also, do not add spaces before and after the message, that will confuse the checker.