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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Vishal Gaglani
Vishal Gaglani
7,707 Points
Posted by Vishal Gaglani
Vishal Gaglani
7,707 Points

Apparently I have a syntax error

The code looks good to me? See anything wrong?

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if (a > b) {
    alert ("a is greater than b"); else {
    alert ("a is not greater than b");
    }
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Micah Courey
Micah Courey
20,168 Points
Micah Courey
Micah Courey
20,168 Points

Hi, yes you have a syntax error in your conditional statement. You need curly brackets around each statement so before the else your missing a closing curly bracket. It should look like this:

var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if (a > b) {
  alert('a is greater than b');
} else {
  alert('a is not greater than b');
}

I think that should fix it goodluck!

Jakob Wozniak
Jakob Wozniak
17,896 Points
Jakob Wozniak
Jakob Wozniak
17,896 Points

Yup! No spaces allowed between "alert" and it's arguments- "('a is greater than b')". So they should look like:

alert('a is greater than b');