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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Introducing Conditional Statements

Add a conditional statement that opens an alert dialog box with the message "You are correct" when the answer is the str

Add a conditional statement that opens an alert dialog box with the message "You are correct" when the answer is the string 'JavaScript'.

app.js
var answer = prompt('what is the best programming language?');
if(answer ==="javascript"){
  alert( "You are correct");}
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="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Michael Caveney
Michael Caveney
50,144 Points

Take another look at the parameters of the assignment, and what you've submitted. Can you see what the difference is? Is your code EXACTLY what they're asking for?

1 Answer

Samandar Mirzayev
Samandar Mirzayev
11,834 Points

var answer = prompt('what is the best programming language?'); if(answer.toUpperCase ==="JAVASCRIPT"){ alert( "You are correct"); }