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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Write Another Program

Rosh Canlas
Rosh Canlas
911 Points
Posted by Rosh Canlas
Rosh Canlas
911 Points

JavaScript Basics

Trying to send an alert message "Warning" but it wont let me. Can anyone spot the problem?

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="scripts.js"></script>
  <script> alert("Warning"); </script>
</body>
</html>
Loek Weijts
Loek Weijts
6,159 Points
Loek Weijts
Loek Weijts
6,159 Points

Your code is OK, ik got the message, maybe the problem lies somewhere else?

1 Answer

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

There should only be one pair of script tags, the pair that the code is placed between.

And the challenge did not ask for a "src" attribute to be used, that's only for loading in an external file.