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

Justin Oswald
Justin Oswald
5,969 Points
Posted by Justin Oswald
Justin Oswald
5,969 Points

I am stuck on a Challenge task, it says that my code is incorrect. although I ran it in console and it ran fine.

var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?"); if ( answer ==='JavaScript'); { document.write("You are correct"); }

app.js 
var answer = prompt("What is the best programming language?");
if(answer ==='JavaScript');
{
  document.write("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>
Justin Oswald
Justin Oswald
5,969 Points
Justin Oswald
Justin Oswald
5,969 Points

Jk Dumb mistake, I was using document.write and it was asking for the alert function. Thanks any ways.

1 Answer

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

The "alert" function was one of two issues.

For the "if" statement to be able to control the code block that follows it, there must not be a semicolon after the conditional expression. If task 2 didn't catch that, task 3 certainly will.