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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements Use Comparison Operators

Posted by Naiyana Williams
Naiyana Williams
9,932 Points

I'm getting an error saying to make sure I am writing the conditional statement correctly. What am I missing?

script.js 
const a = 10;
const b = 20;
const c = 30;

if (a > b) {
  console.log("a is greater than b");
} else {
  console.log("a is NOT greater than b");
}
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Mark Casavantes
Mark Casavantes
10,619 Points
Mark Casavantes
Mark Casavantes
10,619 Points

The only thing I can find is that the <!DOCTYPE HTML> should be <!DOCTYPE html>

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

It's supplied that way by the challenge. And it's not case-sensitive, though its far more common to see it they way you are suggesting.

3 Answers

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

Odd, the code looks OK so I pasted it directly into the challenge and it passed.

Try restarting your browser?

Naiyana Williams
Naiyana Williams
9,932 Points
Naiyana Williams
Naiyana Williams
9,932 Points

The craziest thing actually; I removed the space between "if" and "(" and it accepted it. Wild. Thank you both for your input!

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

It worked for me when I pasted it in unchanged.   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯