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

Beau Delfosse
Beau Delfosse
9,135 Points
Posted by Beau Delfosse
Beau Delfosse
9,135 Points

How is this wrong as an answer ?

I'm think that its correct though, but it gives me a bummer everytime

script.js 
if ( True ) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

Hey Beau,

in JavaScript you have to write the true keyword in lowercase like so:

if (true) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}

I hope that helps! :)

Arjuna Huffman
Arjuna Huffman
2,400 Points
Arjuna Huffman
Arjuna Huffman
2,400 Points

It is worth noting that JavaScript is case-sensitive (which is to say that var name is not the same as var Name), and as Tobias points out, true is written in lower-case letters.