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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

Any idea as to why my value for answering a question correctly is not adding up?

/*

  1. Store correct answers
    • When quiz begins, no answers are correct */ let correct = 0 ;

// 2. Store the rank of a player let rank = 'iron';

// 3. Select the <main> HTML element const main = document.querySelector('main');

/*

  1. Ask at least 5 questions
    • Store each answer in a variable
    • Keep track of the number of correct answers */ const answer1 = prompt('Is the sun a star?' ); if ( answer1.toUpperCase() === 'yes' ) { correct += 1; } const answer2 = prompt('Is grass green?'); if ( answer2.toUpperCase() === 'yes') { correct += 1; } const answer3 = prompt('Is the sky blue?'); if ( answer3.toUpperCase() === 'yes' ) { correct += 1; } const answer4 = prompt('What day is it today?'); if ( answer4.toUpperCase() === 'Monday' ) { correct += 1; } const answer5 = prompt('What color is my water bottle?'); if ( answer5.toUpperCase() === 'Black' ) { correct += 1; }

/*

  1. Rank player based on number of correct answers
    • 5 correct = Gold
    • 3-4 correct = Silver
    • 1-2 correct = Bronze
    • 0 correct = No crown */ if ( correct === 5 ) { rank = "Gold"; } else if ( correct >= 3 ) { rank = "silver"; } else if ( correct >= 2 ) { rank = "Bronze"; } else { rank = "None :("; }

// 6. Output results to the <main> element main.innerHTML = <h2>You got ${correct} out of 5 qustions correct.</h2> <p>Crown earned: <strong>${rank}</strong></p> ;

1 Answer

answer1.toUpperCase() === 'yes' converts the value of answer1 to uppercase, then compares it to the string yes. Since yes is not uppercase, the comparison will never be true. Try changing the condition to answer1.toLowerCase() === 'yes' or to answer1.toUpperCase() === 'YES'.

For answer4 and answer5, you might want to modify the strings on the right side of the comparison to either be entirely uppercase (and call .toUpperCase() on the answer on the left side of the comparison) or entirely lowercase (and call .toLowerCase() on the answer on the left side of the comparison).