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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Aryaman Dhingra
Aryaman Dhingra
3,536 Points
Posted by Aryaman Dhingra
Aryaman Dhingra
3,536 Points

What's wrong with my code?

My code seems completely correct to me, but the challenge won't accept it and I don't know why. Please help.

var a = 10; var b = 20; var c = 30;

if (a > b) { alert("a is greater than b."); } else { alert("a is not greater than b."); }

The task says that my code is not returning the string "a is not greater than b." in a form of an alert, when it clearly is.

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if (a > b) {
  alert("a is greater than b.");
} else {
  alert("a is not greater than b.");
}
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>
Juan Lopez
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Juan Lopez
Treehouse Project Reviewer 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if (a > b) {
  alert("a is greater than b.");      
} else {
  alert("a is not greater than b.");  
}

You have extra punctuation in your alert after the letter "b", so it's not matching the challenge answer.

1 Answer

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

You have some extra punctuation.

These challenges are really picky about output strings. Yours have periods at the end, which is not what the challenge is expecting. Just remove the periods and you should be good.