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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Improving the Random Number Guessing Game

Robert Rydlewski
Robert Rydlewski
3,828 Points
Posted by Robert Rydlewski
Robert Rydlewski
3,828 Points

Can someone please help me. I have been debugging this for hours

I follow the code but I getting an error... The developer tool telling me on line 17 there is the unexpected token " { " but is as in the code by the autor.. and I can't find the bug :(

Can someone see it ??? I am clueless

var correctGuess = false; var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 6 ) + 1; var guess = prompt('I am thinking of a number between 1 and 6. What is it?'); if (parseInt(guess) === randomNumber ) { correctGuess = true;

} else if (parseInt(guess) < randomNumber ) { var guessMore = prompt("Try again. The number I am thinking of is more than " + guess);

if (parseInt(guessMore) === randomNumber) { correctGuess = true; } } else if (parseInt(guess) > randomNumber ) { var guessLess = prompt('Try again. The number I am thinking of is less then ' + guess);

if(parseInt(guessLess) === randomNumber { correctGuess = true; } } if ( correctGuess ) { document.write('<p>You guessed the number!</p>'); } else { document.write('<p>Sorry. The number was ' + randomNumber + '.</p>'); }

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

For us to be able to identify "line 17" you must format your code with Markdown. Instructions can be found in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up below the "Add an Answer" area. :arrow_heading_down:   Or watch this video on code formatting.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

It's tough to spot unformatted, but near the end there is this statement:

if(parseInt(guessLess) === randomNumber { correctGuess = true; }

There's a missing closing parenthesis after the conditional clause and before the code block.

Robert Rydlewski
Robert Rydlewski
3,828 Points
Robert Rydlewski
Robert Rydlewski
3,828 Points

I had to rewrite the code again and it worked... Thanks anyway :) Happy coding