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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

Why am I receiving 'Unexpected token +=' in the console?

Hello!

I came to my version of a solution for this challenge that worked.

I re-wrote my version to match the example answer created by Dave, but with my questions.

However, I cannot get it to work because the console reports that there is an 'Unexpected token +=' on every line that uses :

var correct += 1;

So, what am I missing? Dave uses that exact syntax as the answer, so what's wrong with my use of it?

Thank you!

Here is my full code below :

/*
Challenge Instructions

Ask at least five questions

Keep track of the number of questions the user answered correctly

Provide a final message after the quiz letting the user know the number of questions he or she got right.

Rank the player. If the player answered all five correctly, give that player the gold crown: 3-4 is a silver crown; 1-2 correct answers is a bronze crown and 0 correct is no crown at all.
*/

var correct = 0;


var answer1 = prompt ('What is your name?');
if (answer1.toUpperCase() === 'SPEIR') {
  var correct += 1;
}

var answer2 = prompt ('What is 2+2?');
if (answer2.toUpperCase() === 4 ) {
  var correct += 1;
}

var answer3 = prompt ('What is' + answer2 + ' + 2?');
if (answer3.toUpperCase() === 6 ) {
  var correct += 1;
}

var answer4 = prompt ('What is' + answer3 + ' + 2?');
if (answer4.toUpperCase() === 8 ) {
  var correct += 1;
}

var answer5 = prompt ('What is' + answer4 + ' + 2?');
if (answer5.toUpperCase() === 10 ) {
  var correct += 1;
}


/*
OUTPUT RESULTS
*/
document.write ("<h1>Looks like you got " + correct + " out of 5 questions correct!");



/*
OUTPUT RANK
*/
if ( correct === 5) { 
  document.write ("<h1><strong>You recieved a Gold Crown!<strong></h1>");

} 

else if ( correct >= 3) {
  document.write ("<h1><strong>You recieved a Silver Crown!<strong></h1>");
} 

  else if ( correct >= 1) {
  document.write ("<h1><strong>You recieved a Bronze Crown!<strong></h1>");
  }

else ( correct >= 3) {
  document.write ("<h1><strong>No crown for you ... sorry!<strong></h1>");
}  

2 Answers

Marie Nipper
Marie Nipper
22,638 Points

You are re-declaring, or trying to re-declare the variable "correct" in each answer block. Declare it once at the top like you did and then mutate it within the answer block. So remove the keyword var from each answer block and then try to run it again.

Ah!

That makes sense. Thank you, it works now.

The problem is when you are declaring many "correct" variables, you just need one at the top, then you should start to assign different values to it.