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Edwin Abboud Blanco
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 4,747 PointsDoes anyone know the answer to this one? I'm stuck
// Display the prompt dialogue while the value assigned to `secret` is not equal to "sesame"
let sesame = true
let secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
do {
let secret
} while (secret !== sesame)
alert("You know the secret password. Welcome!");
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,172 PointsYou've got the right idea, but the code needs a few tweaks:
- the declaration of secret should be outside the loop
- the assignment of it should be inside the loop (and without the "let")
- the while condition should compare it to a string (with quotes)
- and you won't need to create a sesame variable
Alternatively, you could keep the extra variable, but just assign it to "sesame".
Charlie Palmer
15,445 Pointsyou would want to create the variable secret and leave it undefined. then in the same scope create a do-while loop whilst the secret does not store the string 'sesame'. inside of the do: change the value to the return of a prompt.
doing this will mean that the user will have to keep entering the secret until it matches the secret in the code.
// Display the prompt dialogue while the value assigned to `secret` is not equal to "sesame"
let secret;
do {
secret = prompt("What is the secret password?");
} while (secret !== 'sesame')
alert("You know the secret password. Welcome!");