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

mazarul islam
mazarul islam
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Posted by mazarul islam
mazarul islam
2,981 Points

What am i missing. i cant pass 2nd step asks am i using window.alert();

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

am i missing something? where am i going wrong?

app.js 
var answer = prompt("what is the best programming language?");
if ( answer === 'JavaScript' )
{
 window.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>

1 Answer

Tracy Excell
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Tracy Excell
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Tracy Excell
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Tracy Excell
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,333 Points

Hi, You are close. It is just alert(); rather than window.alert(); - alert(); makes the window pop up in the browser.

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