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

Posted by vellon rasmos manzvanda
vellon rasmos manzvanda
8,012 Points

i keep getting ooops task 1 no longer parsing

need help where am i getting it wrong

app.js 
var answer = prompt('What is the best programming language?');
 if(answer==='JavaScript'){
   document.write("<p>" You are correct!</p>");
   }
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

It looks like you have three issues:

  • the challenge asked for alert, but you have document.write
  • the message should not have any HTML tags
  • there's an extra quote mark in the text string
vellon rasmos manzvanda
vellon rasmos manzvanda
8,012 Points

thanks i checked and it worked