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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers The Mad Libs Challenge Revisited

James Pawson
James Pawson
2,066 Points
Posted by James Pawson
James Pawson
2,066 Points

Script (prompts) not executing.

var questions = 3; var questionsLeft = ' [' + questions + 'questions left]'; var adjective = prompt('Please type an adjective' + questionsLeft); questions -= 1; questionsLeft = ' [' + questions = 'questions left]'; var verb = prompt('Please type a verb' + questionsLeft); questions -= 1; questionsLeft = ' [' + questions = 'questions left]'; var noun = prompt('Please type a noun' + questionsLeft); alert('All done. Ready for the message?'); var sentence = "<h2>There once was a " + adjective; sentence += ' programmer who wanted to use JavaScript to ' + verb; sentence += ' the ' + noun + '.</h2>'; document.write(sentence);

This is my script but it's not executing anything.

3 Answers

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

To preserve your program structure, use "Markdown" formatting. There's a pop-up "cheatsheet" below, or you can watch this video on code formatting.

But at first glance, it looks like you have a couple of incorrect operator symbols, for example:

questionsLeft = ' [' + questions = 'questions left]';  // original
questionsLeft = ' [' + questions + 'questions left]';  // fixed
Kristoffer A-L
Kristoffer A-L
5,863 Points
Kristoffer A-L
Kristoffer A-L
5,863 Points

Hi James,

I think I spot the reason. If you look at lines 4 and 7, there should be a "+" instead of a "=".

var questions = 3;
var questionsLeft = ' [' + questions + 'questions left]';
var adjective = prompt('Please type an adjective' + questionsLeft); questions -= 1;
questionsLeft = ' [' + questions = 'questions left]';
var verb = prompt('Please type a verb' + questionsLeft);
questions -= 1;
questionsLeft = ' [' + questions = 'questions left]';
var noun = prompt('Please type a noun' + questionsLeft);
alert('All done. Ready for the message?');
var sentence = "<h2>There once was a " + adjective; sentence += ' programmer who wanted to use JavaScript to ' + verb; sentence += ' the ' + noun + '.</h2>';
console.log(sentence);

Best regards, Kris

James Pawson
James Pawson
2,066 Points
James Pawson
James Pawson
2,066 Points

Thanks for the answers! ItNs asking me to pick a best answer, although they re both equally as good!