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Adam Floyd
868 Pointsvars are not updating after using '+='
Here's my code for the quiz exercise.
alert ("Get ready for a simple quiz!")
var firstQuestion = prompt ("What is 6x5?");
var secondQuestion = prompt ("What is the capital of England?");
var thirdQuestion = prompt ("What direction does the sun rise?");
var forthQuestion = prompt ("What is the third letter in the alphabet?");
var fifthQuestion = prompt ("What programming language am I using?");
var correctAnswers = 0;
firstQuestion += parseInt(firstQuestion);
if ( firstQuestion === 30 ) {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
secondQuestion += secondQuestion.toUpperCase();
if ( secondQuestion === "LONDON") {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
thirdQuestion += thirdQuestion.toUpperCase();
if ( thirdQuestion === "EAST") {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
if (forthQuestion === "c" || forthQuestion === "C") {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
fifthQuestion += fifthQuestion.toUpperCase();
if (fifthQuestion === "JAVASCRIPT") {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
var crowns = ("")
if ( correctAnswers === 5 ) {
crowns =+ "the gold";
} else if ( correctAnswers === 4 || correctAnswers === 3) {
crowns += "the silver";
} else if ( correctAnswers === 2 || correctAnswers === 1) {
crowns += "the bronze";
} else {
crowns += "no";
}
alert("You got " + correctAnswers + " out of 6 problems right and are awarded " + crowns + " crown.");
console.log (secondQuestion)
My answers appear like londonLONDON or eastEAST. It takes the user input and puts it in all caps together. I'm using += to update the var to all caps but it keeps the user input. I've used += before and it's worked for me. What am I doing wrong?
1 Answer
Michael Lauridsen
10,321 PointsWith the += you are essentially saying this:
firstQuestion = firstQuestion + firstQuestion.toUpperCase():
So you would indeed get the inputted answer followed by the answer in capital case.
You should just write the equal sign without the plus.
alert("Get ready for a simple quiz!");
var firstQuestion = prompt("What is 6x5?");
var secondQuestion = prompt("What is the capital of England?");
var thirdQuestion = prompt("What direction does the sun rise?");
var forthQuestion = prompt("What is the third letter in the alphabet?");
var fifthQuestion = prompt("What programming language am I using?");
var correctAnswers = 0;
firstQuestion = parseInt(firstQuestion);
if (firstQuestion === 30) {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
secondQuestion = secondQuestion.toUpperCase();
if (secondQuestion === "LONDON") {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
thirdQuestion = thirdQuestion.toUpperCase();
if (thirdQuestion === "EAST") {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
if (forthQuestion === "c" || forthQuestion === "C") {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
fifthQuestion = fifthQuestion.toUpperCase();
if (fifthQuestion === "JAVASCRIPT") {
correctAnswers += 1;
}
var crowns = "";
if (correctAnswers === 5) {
crowns = "the gold";
} else
if (correctAnswers === 4 || correctAnswers === 3) {
crowns = "the silver";
} else if (correctAnswers === 2 || correctAnswers === 1) {
crowns = "the bronze";
} else {
crowns = "no";
}
alert("You got " + correctAnswers + " out of 6 problems right and are awarded " + crowns + " crown.");
console.log(secondQuestion)