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

Karls Yee
Karls Yee
725 Points
Posted by Karls Yee
Karls Yee
725 Points

what is the answer

don't know what should type in the if ()

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
var answer = 
if ( answer === 20 ) {
  alert("a is 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>

1 Answer

Kieran Barker
Kieran Barker
15,028 Points
Kieran Barker
Kieran Barker
15,028 Points

Hey there! You're so close!

You've been asked to check if the value in the variable a is greater than the value contained in the variable b, so you don't need to modify the original variables or add any new ones. Here's what you need...

var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if (a > b) {
  alert('a is greater than b');
} else {
  alert('a is not greater than b');
}

Do you see how I've just checked if a > b? :-)