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

Posted by sarah shelden
sarah shelden
8,332 Points

Whats wrong with my code?

Trying to submit but it says my first line of code isn't passing anymore? I refreshed twice. What is the error?

app.js 
var answer = prompt ("What is the best programming language");
if (answer === "JavaScript") { alert("You are correct")

}
} else  {
  alert("<p>JavaScript is the best language!</p>");
}
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>

3 Answers

Dane Parchment
MOD
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points
Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points

It's your syntax, you added an extra }.

Hint: Check that else statement, do you seem to have more things there than necessary?

Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points
Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points 
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language");
if (answer === "JavaScript") { 
  alert("You are correct");
} else  {
  alert("<p>JavaScript is the best language!</p>");
}
sarah shelden
sarah shelden
8,332 Points
sarah shelden
sarah shelden
8,332 Points

Ah, whoops. it worked after I deleted the extra {