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

Nityananda Das
Nityananda Das
893 Points
Posted by Nityananda Das
Nityananda Das
893 Points

Why not working task 2? Seems like the code is correct

Please help

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

2 Answers

Josh Wozniacka-Knoll
Josh Wozniacka-Knoll
8,796 Points
Josh Wozniacka-Knoll
Josh Wozniacka-Knoll
8,796 Points

You need to make sure that the answer is making what the user types all uppercase. So you need to write the code like this if(answer.toUpperCase() === JAVASCRIPT)

Ella Ruokokoski
Ella Ruokokoski
20,881 Points
Ella Ruokokoski
Ella Ruokokoski
20,881 Points

The JavaScript in the conditional should be a string.