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Start your free trialNaoki Yoshida
6,984 PointsWhen I make a conditional between two variables, it never outputs a true. Why is that?
I know my method wasn't the most efficient. Already saw the solution video and I know it wasn't necessary to make a variable out of the correct answer but I did it.
It should work and it doesn't.
if (submit1.toUpperCase === answer1){ correctAnswers += 1; }
The result is always false. Why is that?? Thanks in advance.
This is my code:
/*
- Store correct answers
- When quiz begins, no answers are correct */ const answer1 = "HTML"; const answer2 = "CSS"; const answer3 = "JAVASCRIPT"; const answer4 = "PRACTICE"; const answer5 = "PRACTICEX2";
// 2. Store the rank of a player
let rank; let correctAnswers = 0;
// 3. Select the <main> HTML element
const main = document.querySelector('main');
/*
- Ask at least 5 questions
- Store each answer in a variable
- Keep track of the number of correct answers */
let submit1 = prompt ("What's the first thing you gotta learn to become a web developer?"); if (submit1.toUpperCase === answer1){ correctAnswers += 1; } console.log(submit1); console.log(correctAnswers);
let submit2 = prompt ("What's the second thing you gotta learn to become a web developer?"); if (submit2.toUpperCase === answer2){ correctAnswers += 1; } console.log(submit2);
let submit3 = prompt ("What's the third thing you gotta learn to become a web developer?"); if (submit3.toUpperCase === answer3){ correctAnswers += 1; } console.log(submit3);
let submit4 = prompt ("What's the fourth thing you gotta learn to become a web developer?"); if (submit4.toUpperCase === answer4){ correctAnswers += 1; } console.log(submit4);
let submit5 = prompt ("What's the fifth thing you gotta learn to become a web developer?"); if (submit5.toUpperCase === answer5){ correctAnswers += 1; } console.log(submit5);
console.log(correctAnswers);
/*
- Rank player based on number of correct answers
- 5 correct = Gold
- 3-4 correct = Silver
- 1-2 correct = Bronze
- 0 correct = No crown */
if (correctAnswers == 0) { rank = "No"; } else if (correctAnswers == 1 || correctAnswers == 2) { rank = "Bronze"; } else if (correctAnswers == 3 || correctAnswers == 4) { rank = "Silver"; } else if (correctAnswers == 5) { rank = "Gold"; } // 6. Output results to the <main> element
main.innerHTML = <h1>According to the results:
You earned ${rank} crown!</h1>
2 Answers
jb30
44,806 PointsHave you tried adding parentheses to call the method? submit1.toUpperCase()
Naoki Yoshida
6,984 PointsYes! It was that syntax error. Thanks!