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

Agnes Caringal
Agnes Caringal
6,239 Points
Posted by Agnes Caringal
Agnes Caringal
6,239 Points

Why I cant finish this challenge!

Can you guys see what's wrong with this code?

app.js 
var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

while (secret = 'sesame') {
  var prompt ="sesame";
}
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

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi Agnes,

You need to use exclamation mark*( ! )* if the secret answer is NOT "sesame" (secret !== 'sesame') then prompt same message.

Example:

var secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");

while (secret !== 'sesame') {
  secret = prompt("what is your secret password again ?? ");
}

document.write("You know the secret password. Welcome.");

Hope that helps.

Agnes Caringal
Agnes Caringal
6,239 Points
Agnes Caringal
Agnes Caringal
6,239 Points

yeah this is correct but i need while do loop for this challenge. thanks Salman Akram :)

Chavah Jacobs
Chavah Jacobs
12,333 Points
Chavah Jacobs
Chavah Jacobs
12,333 Points

Thanks! This helped me also. I had everything right but was missing the "secret =" before the prompt inside the loop.