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

Posted by Michael Zeta
Michael Zeta
18,135 Points

Step two says Task 1 no longer passing even though it is identical to when it passed in step one.

Am I missing something or is this code challenge broken? Task 1 asks me to create a variable named 'answer' and to use the prompt() method to ask the user what is the best programming language. So I typed:

var answer; prompt('What is the best programming language?')

and this passes for step one. Then in step two I leave this code completely untouched but no matter what I do it always says that task one is no longer passing. Why? Please help.

app.js 
var answer;
prompt('What is the best programming language?')

if (prompt === JavaScript) {
  alert('You are correct')
}
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

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Michael,

You need to check the answer variable in your if statement not the prompt. Prompt is just a method that asks for user input which we assign to a variable (answer). Here is the code I used to pass this part of the challenge:

var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");

if ( answer === "JavaScript" ) {
  alert("You are correct");
}

Hope this helps! Happy Coding!!!