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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Improving the Random Number Guessing Game

Alan Fidelino
Alan Fidelino
12,846 Points

What is wrong with this code? It may seem correct, but it does not evaluate correctly.

var correctGuess = false;
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*6)+1;
var guess = prompt("I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6" + " Hmmmm... I think the number is...");

if(parseInt(guess)===randomNumber){
  correctGuess === true;
}else if(parseInt(guess) < randomNumber){
  var guessMore = prompt("Hmm....the number is greater than " +  guess);
    if(parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber){
      correctGuess === true;
    }
}else if(parseInt(guess) > randomNumber){
  var guessLess = prompt("Hmm....the number is less than " + guess);
    if(parseInt(guessLess)===randomNumber){
      correctGuess ===true;
    }
}

if ( correctGuess===true) {
    document.write('<h2>You guessed the number!</h2>');
} else {
    document.write('<h2>Sorry. The number was ' + randomNumber + '.</h2>');
}
Alan Fidelino
Alan Fidelino
12,846 Points

I tried to edit the code when I was following the lesson to challenge my brain. It didn't work as planned. :)

2 Answers

Ho Zong Xun
Ho Zong Xun
13,961 Points

change from correctGuess === true, to correctGuess = true. (===) is for if, (=) is assign to it

This tip is good, thanks Ho.