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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements Use Comparison Operators

Michael Gilley
Michael Gilley
6,124 Points
Posted by Michael Gilley
Michael Gilley
6,124 Points

Not sure what I am doing wrong

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Please help, thanks.

script.js 
const a = 10;
const b = 20;
const c = 30;
if (const a > const b) {
  console.log("a is greater than b");
} else {
  console.log("a is not greater than b");
}
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="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,928 Points

Hey Michael Gilley,

Remove the const keyword from if parentheses and it will work fine.

Your final code should look like this after removing const keyword:

if(a > b) {
  console.log('a is greater than b');
} else {
  console.log('a is not greater than b');
}

Hope this helps !!

Teron Bullock
Teron Bullock
Courses Plus Student 23,672 Points
Teron Bullock
Teron Bullock
Courses Plus Student 23,672 Points

Const is used to define the variable as a constant. In other words, the value can not be changed later. Once you define a variable you call it by its name.

const a = 10;

The variable name is a, so to call it or in your case to compare it you just call a.

if(a.b) {

}

Just like rabin stated.

Michael Gilley
Michael Gilley
6,124 Points
Michael Gilley
Michael Gilley
6,124 Points

Thank you so much, it worked.