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Casey Leonard
913 PointsI had to look at his solution to get myself started, but my first prompt won't even show up. Check for mistake?
//This is a Conditional Challenge from Treehouse by Casey Leonard
var right = 0;
var answer1 = prompt("What is the tallest animal in the world?"); if (answer1.toUpperCase() === 'GIRAFFE' ) { right +=1; } var answer2 = prompt("Does the male or female seahorse take care of their young?"); if (answer2.toUpperCase() ==='MALE') { right += 1; } var answer 3 = prompt("True or False, tortises can live to over 100 years old"); if (answer3.toUpperCase() ==='TRUE') { right += 1; } var answer4 = prompt("What is the fastest land animal?"); if (answer4.toUpperCase() ==='CHEETAH') { right += 1; } var answer5 = prompt("What animal is most like humans?"); if (answer.toUpperCase() === 'CHIMPANZEE') { right += 1; } if (right === 5) { document.write('You earned a gold crown!'); } else if ( right >=3) { document.write('You earned a silver crown.'); } else if (right >=2) { document.write('You earned a bronze crown.'); } else { document.write('No crown for you. You need to study.'); }
Oh, and this was all in orderly lines and spaces, but when I copy/paste on here, it is a bunched together in a hard to read format. How do I get my workspace to show on here like I can see it when I need help?
2 Answers
Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 PointsHi Casey,
You have a syntax error: you declare a variable called 'answer 3' but you can't have spaces in your variable names.
Also, for answer5, your variable is called answer5 but you perform a conditional check on answer
Also to format your code snippets, use markdown. Treehouse puts a link to the markdown cheatsheet right under every question/answer box.
Cheers
Alex
Casey Leonard
913 PointsThank you. Ugh. It is always those little things I don't catch. It works great now though!
Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 PointsIt's always the way! You might find using a text editor that has syntax highlighting and inline error checking helps you with the the little typos we all make. Personally I use Visual Studio Code (and others swear by Atom) for most local code editing and it really helps when I make those sorts of errors.