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

Angelica Islas
Angelica Islas
4,082 Points
Posted by Angelica Islas
Angelica Islas
4,082 Points

What did I do wrong?

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>

1 Answer

Adam Pearson
Adam Pearson
19,432 Points
Adam Pearson
Adam Pearson
19,432 Points 
const a = 10;
const b = 20;
const c = 30;

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

You don't need to use the const keyword in your if statement as this is only needed when you are defining the variable, not when referencing it. Also, you have two different types of quote marks in your second console.log statement.