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

Seth Warner
Seth Warner
5,348 Points
Posted by Seth Warner
Seth Warner
5,348 Points

What is wrong with my code?

Its just asking to make a normal prompt question and sign it to a var named answer, right?

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

3 Answers

kareem Pierre
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kareem Pierre
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 20,263 Points
kareem Pierre
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kareem Pierre
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 20,263 Points

Hi,

You are missing the = sign right after the variable name. var answer =

Christian Stanton
Christian Stanton
25,404 Points
Christian Stanton
Christian Stanton
25,404 Points

You forgot your equals sign.

var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");
Seth Warner
Seth Warner
5,348 Points
Seth Warner
Seth Warner
5,348 Points

hahaha wow. I had a moment xD