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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Boolean Values

Sam Weeks
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How does this look?

So in addition to the number guessing game giving you one attempt i thought i would try and figure out how to manipulate the browser to give you two attempts instead... It worked so i'm learning :) however does this code look ok to experienced programmers

cheers

sam 

var correctGuess = false;
var correctGuess_2 = 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;
}
if (correctGuess===true) {
  document.write('<p> You guessed the number!</p>')
}  if(correctGuess===false){
alert("That was incorrect try again")
var guess2 = prompt("Second guess attempt");

} if(parseInt(guess2)===randomNumber) {
correctGuess_2 = true;
} if (correctGuess_2 === true) {
  document.write('<p>You got it that time!</p>');
}
 else {
  document.write('<p>Sorry. The number was '  + randomNumber + '</p>')
}
Sam Weeks
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Sam Weeks
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steve i think i cracked it mate 

var correctGuess = false;
var correctGuess_2 = 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;
}
if (correctGuess===true) {
  document.write('<p> You guessed the number!</p>')
} else {
alert("That was incorrect try again")
var guess2 = prompt("Second guess attempt");

} if(parseInt(guess2)===randomNumber) {
correctGuess_2 = true;
} if (correctGuess_2) {
  document.write('<p>You got it that time!</p>');
}
 else if (correctGuess!== true&&correctGuess_2 !== true){
  document.write('<p>Sorry. The number was '  + randomNumber + '</p>')
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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You might want to adjust the logic a bit to change what it does when you guess correctly the first time:

You guessed the number!
 
Sorry. The number was 3

And you never need to compare a boolean value to "true":

//if (correctGuess === true) {  <-- not needed
  if (correctGuess) {          // this does the same thing

Also you can condense code by eliminating unneded variables and control structures like this:

if (parseInt(guess2) === randomNumber) {
//  correctGuess_2 = true;        <-\
//}                               <-- these 3 lines are not necessary and can be deleted
//if (correctGuess_2 === true) {  <-/
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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It's because currently it tests the 2nd number even if the first one was right.

Sam Weeks
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Sam Weeks
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Sam Weeks
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Sam Weeks
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i tried all this created more problems lol i'll have to get back to it later im slowly understanding it once i think i'm really getting it i hit a wave of constant obsticles.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Try sticking to the lessons for a while, don't worry about how an "expert" would do things just yet.

Making things work is far more important that optimizing the code. When you find that easy to do, then you can lean to be more efficient.

Sam Weeks
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Sam Weeks
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Sam Weeks
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Mthe other half of your comments came through for some reason. My internet must of been slow I’ll take another look. Thanks again Steven :)