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

Posted by Brenda Bouchard
Brenda Bouchard
5,028 Points

JavaScript Basics Challenge 1 Task 1

I thought I have true in the right spot but apparently not. What am I missing?

script.js 
var correctGuess = false;
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) + 1;
var guess = prompt('I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6. What is it?');
if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber ) {
  correctGuess = true;
}
if (correctGuess) {
    alert('This is true');
} 
else {
    alert('This is false');
}
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

Your code is correct and works like it should.

But for this challenge, I think all it is looking for is the explicit true value in the parentheses: 

if ( true ) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}
Daniel Hurd
Daniel Hurd
12,987 Points
Daniel Hurd
Daniel Hurd
12,987 Points

Hi Brenda Bouchard!

Okay, so, you're almost there. Your boolean values are correct, but you have one unnecessary 'if' statement. You only need 1 'if' and 1 'else' statement to complete this exercise. Hope this helps!

  • Daniel H