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Kamarky Jimenez
6,767 PointsMy console keeps printing the else statement even when i guess the correct number.
var correctGuess = false; const number = 6; const guess = prompt('guess a number between 1 and 10');
if ( +guess === number ) { correctGuess === true; }
if ( correctGuess ) {
console.log('you guess the number.');
} else {
console.log(Sorry the number is : ${number});
}
1 Answer
Brandon White
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,771 PointsHi Kamarky, === is the strict equality operator, while = is the assignment operator.
In your code you never actually change the value of correctGuess to true. You simply check if correctGuess is true, which it isn’t because in the first line you set it to be false.
So in the final if...else statement the else always runs because correctGuess will always be false.
In the section of code where you’re attempting/meaning to change correctGuess to true, use the assignment operator instead of the strict equality operator.
The rest of your code is perfect. Nice job, coder.