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

Posted by Binyamin Grobman
Binyamin Grobman
9,286 Points

what is wrong with this code?

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') } it's telling me that the 'a is not greater then b' is not showing?

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>

1 Answer

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,822 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,822 Points

Is English your language?

They are asking for 'a is not greater than b' - then and than are different - so it's a spelling error not a syntax error. You have to pay close attention to the message that the challenge checker is looking for, it is automated.