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

Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points
Posted by Enemuo Felix
Enemuo Felix
1,895 Points

code challenge

Please where Am I going wrong here?

app.js 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
if(answer === 'JavaScript') {
}
  alert(answer);
else {
}
alert{"JavaScript is the best programming language");
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>

2 Answers

Martin Zahariev
Martin Zahariev
10,366 Points
Martin Zahariev
Martin Zahariev
10,366 Points

The line alert(answer); should be between the if brackets {}, same goes for the line alert{"JavaScript is the best programming language"); which should be between the else brackets {}

if(answer === 'JavaScript') {
  alert(answer);
}

else {
alert{"JavaScript is the best programming language");
}