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Zeb Diffin
188 PointsI used the alert function
I input the 'alert()' function, however, the guide is saying that I didn't enter the correct text.... and I did...???
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
console.log("begin program");
alert("I am Programming");
1 Answer
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,859 PointsHi Zeb Diffin
You're close. You are just missing the punctuation. In this case, the exclamation point (!) at the end of the sentence. It should be "I am Programming!"
Keep Coding! :)