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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Tanzi Mitchell
Tanzi Mitchell
3,633 Points
Posted by Tanzi Mitchell
Tanzi Mitchell
3,633 Points

Task one no longer passing

Hey, on a few code challenges now it has been telling me that my code from task one is no longer passing, yet I haven't touched the code at all, and when I go back to task one and use the exact same code it passes just fine. I even put one program on a text editor and ran it and it worked, So is this just a bug or am i doing something wrong?

script.js 
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
var profit = (salesTotal - wholeSalePrice) * quantity;
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>

1 Answer

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

Sometimes the challenge hint is not pertinent or helpful.

It probably happens when you deviate from the expected result in an unexpected way.

In the code above, for example, your task 1 result is fine, but the line added for task 2 has a few issues:

  • you spelled wholesalePrice with a capital "S"
  • your parentheses cause the math operations to be performed in the wrong order