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JavaScript Introducing the Practice

Posted by Amy Tomey
Amy Tomey
12,847 Points

I am getting an "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier" in my code. It is in the var message... (not the heading)

Help?

alert("Let's do some math!");

var first = prompt("Please pick a number between 1 and 10"); var firstNumber = parseFloat(first);

var second = prompt("Please pick another number between 1 and 10"); var secondNumber = parseFloat(second);

var message = ("<h1>" + "Math with the numbers " + firstNumber + " and " + secondNumber +"</h1>") +"<br>";

var add = firstNumber + secondNumber; var subtract = firstNumber - secondNumbe; var multiply = firstNumber * secondNumber; var divide = firstNumber / secondNumber;

var message = (firstNumber + " + " secondNumber + " = " + add + "<br>" + firstNumber + " - " secondNumber + " = " + subtract + "<br>" + firstNumber + " * " secondNumber + " = " + multiply + "<br>" + firstNumber + " / " secondNumber + " = " + divide + "<br>");

document.write(message);

1 Answer

Cody Hansen
Cody Hansen
5,517 Points

You are missing some + in your message variable! For example, 

"<br>" + firstNumber + " - " secondNumber

After " - " there should be a + for concatenation before writing the secondNumber variable. You have a couple missing is all!

I hope that helps! Good luck with your coding!