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JavaScript

Posted by Marissa Smith
Marissa Smith
16,609 Points

Whats wrong with my JavaScript code?

var QsLeft = 3;
var questions= ("[There are " + QsLeft + " questions left]");
var ask= prompt(" sup? " + questions);
var ask2= prompt('how are you?' + minusOne());


function minusOne(){
  QsLeft=-1;
 return(questions);
}
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,849 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,849 Points

Format as code next time!

var QsLeft = 3; 
var questions= ("[There are " + QsLeft + " questions left]"); 
var ask= prompt(" sup? " + questions); 
var ask2= prompt('how are you?' + minusOne());

function minusOne(){ 
    QsLeft=-1; 
    return(questions); 
}

2 Answers

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,849 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,849 Points

You're reassigning the value of Qsleft in your function, you should be doing something closer to:

 QsLeft -= 1;
Marissa Smith
Marissa Smith
16,609 Points
Marissa Smith
Marissa Smith
16,609 Points

I changed QsLeft to -=1 and it's not working, is there something else I'm not catching?

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,849 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,849 Points

Well I'm not entirely positive what it is you want this code to do. I recommend you add some comments to your code explaining what you expect each line to do, and include one or two lines at the beginning describing what you want this piece of code to do, post it as a comment, and I can help you figure out where you're going wrong. Or in the process of thinking each line over, you might figure out whats going wrong on your own.