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

Posted by sai jayanth kashyap
sai jayanth kashyap
3,293 Points

what is task one error??

i am getting this error in my second task "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing."

app.js 
var answer = prompt("what is the best programming language?");
if (answer === JavaScript) {
  alert("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>
fngr
fngr
11,179 Points 
var answer = prompt("what is the best programming language?");
if (answer === "JavaScript") { // JavaScript need to be in quotes because otherwise js doesn't see that it's a string.
  alert("You are correct");
}

1 Answer

sai jayanth kashyap
sai jayanth kashyap
3,293 Points
sai jayanth kashyap
sai jayanth kashyap
3,293 Points

oops .. thanks a lot :)