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JavaScript

Posted by Filibonio Hernandez
Filibonio Hernandez
3,032 Points

why is this line of code not working? (Javascript basics challenge)

Hello I am doing a challenge on the javascript basics, I wrote this code down but I have no idea why it does not work on the preview. What I thought it should have done is once the answer is given then the 1st alert should pop up but nothing shows up. why? (FYI I tried the document.write aswell instead of alert.)

var q1 = prompt("what country is the lion's natural habitat?");

if ( q1 === Africa) {
alert("Hey great you got that right!");
} else {
alert("Sorry, that's wrong try to get the next one!");
}

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,974 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,974 Points

Africa should be in quotes

Filibonio Hernandez
Filibonio Hernandez
3,032 Points

Hey thanks for your answer I ended looking into it a bit more and I found out what I needed to do. what I eventually wanted to do was to get the Africa into a toUpperCase so that no matter what the user's input as long as the answer is Africa it would be right but I was stuck on getting the first alert to even show up. Your answer did help out though either way it did needed quotes.