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

Caleb Kleveter
MOD
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Posted by Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

What is wrong with my code?

What am doing wrong here? It's the if statement I'm working on.

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if (a > b) {
  alert("a is greater then b");
} else {
  alert("a is not greater then 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>

3 Answers

Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points
Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points

Hey,

You're spelling "then" when it should be "than", treehouse is very picky! Haha.

Ryan Ruscett
Ryan Ruscett
23,309 Points
Ryan Ruscett
Ryan Ruscett
23,309 Points

Hola,

haha they are picky picky lol. Look at how you spelled your alert string.

alert("a is greater then b");

Pay close attention to THEN... It's actually THAN. I know right! Just change the then to than and good to go.

Good luck man. Let me know if this works for you! Points always appreciated lol

Ryan Ruscett
Ryan Ruscett
23,309 Points
Ryan Ruscett
Ryan Ruscett
23,309 Points

Beat out by the time. haha it happens