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

Victor Warner
Victor Warner
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Posted by Victor Warner
Victor Warner
1,882 Points

conditional statements (if) statement not registering in playground

Hello, for the conditional statment playground one I can't get the answer checker to accept the code below. Not sure what is incorrect with the syntax at this point. Do I need to use const?

var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?') if (answer === 'JavaScript') { alert("You are correct") {

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

Assuming this isn't really all on a single line, the obvious issue is that the final brace needs to be the other kind:

ā€ƒ } :point_left: instead of :point_right: {

Also, you might want to get into the "best practice" habit of always putting a semicolon at the end of a statement.

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

You have two opening braces here:

{ alert("You are correct") {

You need a closing brace:

{ alert("You are correct") }
Victor Warner
Victor Warner
1,882 Points
Victor Warner
Victor Warner
1,882 Points

Thank you both very much, it was a simple mistake that I should have seen.