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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops Create a `do...while` loop

Alexandru Vlasnita
Alexandru Vlasnita
5,542 Points
Posted by Alexandru Vlasnita
Alexandru Vlasnita
5,542 Points

Why is this not workings?

I'm getting a SyntaxError: Parse Error, but i've copy/pasted the code into the chrome console and everything works just fine...

script.js 
let secret;
do {
  secret = prompt(`What is the secret password?`);    
} while (secret !== `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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

Apparently, this challenge engine has not been updated for ES2015 syntax. Try using "var" instead of "let", and ordinary quoted strings (using " or ' ) instead of template literals.

If you'd like to report this as a bug, see the instructions on the Support page.

Alexandru Vlasnita
Alexandru Vlasnita
5,542 Points
Alexandru Vlasnita
Alexandru Vlasnita
5,542 Points

Thank you, it worked this way, should i still report it as a bug though?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

Or perhaps just a suggestion that it would benefit from updating. :see_no_evil: