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

pamela guy
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pamela guy
Courses Plus Student 4,311 Points
Posted by pamela guy
pamela guy
Courses Plus Student 4,311 Points

Add an else clause to complete the conditional statement. Inside the else clause add another alert that says "JavaScript

change my code still not working help please.

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

I see three issues:

  • there is a stray semicolon between the first conditional and the open brace
  • the last alert should contain only the string (no variable or comparison)
  • the string in the last alert is missing an exclamation point