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deepsabey
2,295 Pointsprompt("what day is it?");
the code i have attached is not working. i can't figure out whats wrong
var answer;
prompt("What day is it?");
answer=prompt("What day is it?");
document.write(answer);
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="scripts.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
3 Answers
Jeff Pierce
18,077 PointsIt works for me. It prompts twice, then puts the output into the document. So, it's not the code. There is probably a structural problem.
Do you have scripts.js in a folder?
Also, I've found that in Firefox, you may need to "reload the current page", so you may not be seeing the latest version.
Pete Cass
16,656 PointsHey you've kind of over complicated the code here. you can create and assign a value to a variable in one line of code. It should look like this
var answer = prompt('What day is it?');
document.write(answer);
deepsabey
2,295 PointsMany thanks
deepsabey
2,295 PointsMany thanks :-)
Pete Cass
16,656 PointsPete Cass
16,656 PointsIt all works fine it's just not the answer the treehouse question is looking for.
deepsabey
2,295 Pointsdeepsabey
2,295 PointsMany thanks . It helped