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

Posted by John Grinstead
John Grinstead
3,169 Points

Conditional Statement

When I attempt to write a conditional statement with var a being greater than var b I did so as "if (a > b)" yet the challenge is telling me that's incorrect, but when I try something else it asks me if I'm using the "<" symbol. I do not understand what is incorrect with this code.

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 greather 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

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

It's just a spelling issue. You wrote "greather" instead of "greater" on the last line.

John Grinstead
John Grinstead
3,169 Points

Thank you so much, I feel kinda dumb now

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Sometimes it just takes another pair of eyes. :wink:

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

Your conditional statement is correct. You have a spelling error. It should be greater instead of greather in your else clause:

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');
}

Also, the way you wrote it made it hard to read. Especially, if you had more lines of code. You might want to consider breaking your code onto new lines?