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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge

Posted by Lauren Challis
Lauren Challis
3,561 Points

I am missing a point and can't use .toUpperCase

Hi guys,

Please take a look at my code; https://w.trhou.se/ina0bm9mqe

Firstly, when I give all the right answers, it still only gives me 4 points. I don't know what I'm doing wrong! And secondly, I wanted to add .toUpperCase for the answers, but it gives me a SyntaxError. How should I add the .toUpperCase? What I did now was; var answer2A.toUpperCase = ("BLACK");

Thanks in advance!

2 Answers

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

The type-sensitive compare ("===") won't match a string with a number, but you could store all the answers as strings. Also, you do not need to place parentheses around literal strings:

var answer1A = '23';

And when you invoke a method, you must put parentheses after the method name whether it takes any arguments or not. For example:

if (answer2A.toUpperCase() === "BLACK") {

The syntax error you experienced was caused by attempting to redeclare an existing method as a string.

Lauren Challis
Lauren Challis
3,561 Points
Lauren Challis
Lauren Challis
3,561 Points

Thank you, Steven!