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Mike Mike
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,055 PointsKeep getting error
```const secretWord = 'tomato';
let message = 'Access denied :(';
for ( let i = 5; i >= 1; i-- ) {
let guess = prompt(Enter the secret word. You have ${i} tries.)};
if ( guess === secretWord ) {
message = 'Welcome to the secret loop world!';
break;
} }
alert(message);``` Error: unlabeled break must be inside loop or switch
2 Answers
Peter Vann
36,427 PointsHi Mike**2!
Two issues:
1) Your string literal needs to be surrounded by backticks.
2) Lose the trailing } after the second prompt )
This how I coded it (and works fine):
const secretWord = 'tomato';
let message = 'Access denied :(';
for ( let i = 5; i >= 1; i-- ) {
let guess = prompt(`Enter the secret word. You have ${i} tries.`);
if ( guess === secretWord ) {
message = 'Welcome to the secret loop world!';
break;
}
}
console.log(message);
I hope that helps.
Stay safe and happy coding!
Zaid Khan
12,769 PointsHere you go:
const secretWord = 'tomato';
let message = 'Access denied :(';
for ( let i = 5; i >= 1; i-- ) {
let guess = prompt(`Enter the secret word. You have ${i} tries.`)
if ( guess === secretWord ) {
message = 'Welcome to the secret loop world!';
break;
}
}
alert(message);
There was one extra parenthesis.
Peter Vann
36,427 PointsJinx! LOL
(Great minds think alike!)
:)
Zaid Khan
12,769 PointsZaid Khan
12,769 PointsHe used template literal but it turned into code here.