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

ms onefaithlove
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ms onefaithlove
Courses Plus Student 2,794 Points
Posted by ms onefaithlove
ms onefaithlove
Courses Plus Student 2,794 Points

What on Earth am I doing incorrectly, here?

I'm trying to put a conditional statement in. Seems very straight forward. Yet I'm being told what I've done here is incorrect? Any thoughts? Thank you!

app.js 
var answer = prompt ('What is the best programming language?')
if (answer === 'JavaScript') {
  document.write ('<p>You are correct</p>');
}
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>

2 Answers

Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Ana,

You should use an alert() rather than document.write().

johnnyesper
johnnyesper
5,935 Points
johnnyesper
johnnyesper
5,935 Points

Also you forgot ; on your first line when defining your var.