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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops A Closer Look At Loop Conditions

Martin Bornman
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Martin Bornman
Courses Plus Student 12,662 Points
Posted by Martin Bornman
Martin Bornman
Courses Plus Student 12,662 Points

while loop

I am stuck with the while loop.Can someone help me out please???

app.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while ( password === "sesame" ) {
  var password = "sesame";
}
document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ana Uribe
Ana Uribe
6,674 Points
Ana Uribe
Ana Uribe
6,674 Points

So the challenge is asking you to prompt: What is the secret password? to anything that is not sesame. Right now your condition is going to pass every time password is equal to sesame. You can change this with !== so everything that is not sesame prompts the question again. Then do secret=prompt("What is the secret password?") to the code block to be executed, this will keep the question coming until the password equals sesame. 

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
while(secret!== 'sesame'){
  secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
}
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

Martin Bornman , don't forget to mark the best answer ;)

Amy Norris
Amy Norris
9,718 Points
Amy Norris
Amy Norris
9,718 Points

The question is worded a bit oddly, but you don't need to add a variable for "password." The password is the result of the prompt (your "secret" variable). You want to compare that to the word you are looking for, "sesame". While the word entered is not sesame, you want to prompt them again.

Matthew Ashman
Matthew Ashman
4,364 Points
Matthew Ashman
Matthew Ashman
4,364 Points

This part, personally threw me off. I was attempting to add a variable of: var seseme, and then, somehow integrate it into an if(); statement within the loop. Obviously, not the correct way of succeeding in this code challenge! Thanks for your explanation Amy.