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

maya sophie
maya sophie
5,754 Points
Posted by maya sophie
maya sophie
5,754 Points

where is the mistake?

When checking work I get this message: "Bummer: I don't see the message 'a is NOT greater than b'. Are you sure you wrote the conditional statement correctly?"

I tried with not and NOT but the message is the same...bug?

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>

2 Answers

Brandon Hartman
Brandon Hartman
2,266 Points
Brandon Hartman
Brandon Hartman
2,266 Points

You misspelled "than" with "then" and the "not" should be "NOT".

maya sophie
maya sophie
5,754 Points
maya sophie
maya sophie
5,754 Points

Thx...it's really shocking how we can miss something so simple when focusing the wrong direction:)))