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

Philip Valentini
Philip Valentini
3,448 Points
Posted by Philip Valentini
Philip Valentini
3,448 Points

Please help...having an issue assigning the variables...

Every time I assign the variable i can't seem to get it right...not sure what the issue is.

script.js 
var red = color;
var flower = roses;
if (flower===red) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

4 Answers

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

You're getting too fancy here, and:

  • you reference an undefined variable named "color"
  • and reference another undefined variable named "roses"

Basic boolean values are true and false. So the simplest boolean value you can put in the if expression to satisfy the challenge would just be "true". You don't need to define any variables.

Mike Shannon
Mike Shannon
7,515 Points
Mike Shannon
Mike Shannon
7,515 Points

As Steven mentioned, you're doing a little more than required here. There's no need to declare variables in this instance. Simply placing 'true' as the condition within the parentheses will complete this challenge