Stuck in a control flow challenge -" Finish the challenge by passing the true clause.')"

Question

Hey there,

I'm totally lost with this challenge...

Prompt the user for a number that is greater than 100 but less than 2000 and store this as a variable named user.

Write an if statement that checks to see if user is greater than 100 and less than 2000.

If it is then it should assign message1 to a variable named result. If it is not then it should assign message2 instead.

My code:

var message1 = 'You are amazingly correct!';
var message2 = 'Awww, it looks like that number is not correct. Try again!';

var user = Number('1000');

if (user>100 && user<2000) {
console.log('You are amazingly correct!');
} else {
console.log('Awww, it looks like that number is not correct. Try again!');
}

EVERYTHING runs except I can't figure out the error:
Finish the challenge by passing the true clause.')

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

maybe prompt returns a string and so user should store a number bcos u r going to compare it against 100 and 2000
so promptString = prompt(...)
and then user=parseInt(promptString)

or
user=prompt(...)
parseInt(user)<100

or
user=prompt (...)
+user<100
/* bcos prefixing by a + sign tells the compiler to treat it as an integer */

let's squash ur nightmares ;)

Answer 2

take input from user using prompt like so
var user=prompt("enter number", "pls");

also, use messageN variables instead of rewriting the strings

Answer 3

THANK YOU Harshvardhan Chawla!

This is what I did:

var user = prompt('enter number');

if (user>100 && user<2000) {
alert('message1');
} else {
alert('message2');

But now I get the prompt message1 or message2 instead. And now there's another error message : user should be a number, try using the parseInt() function.

Answer 4

message1 is a variable so no quotes, quotes are for strings
similarly alert(message2)

Answer 5

it's not about being dumb though, u r still learning and admitting that u need to learn is a positive trait...
paste ur codepen link if possible here

Answer 6

Got it!! Makes sense!
I've tried alert, console, and even result... but now it worked! Still having the "

user should be a number, try using the parseInt() function.

I'll have nightmares with this challenge tonight!

Answer 7

YEESSSS!
MY HERO!

The first option worked!
JavaScript is giving me a run for my money! I have to re-study conditionals HARD!

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!

Answer 8

Yes! I feel so dumb...
but I still get the same errors and now there are no messages at all. UGH!
when I try this code on CodePen it shows the messages, but not on the test.

Answer 9

or wait, u said it works on codepen but not on test, paste the test code link too then (I think people do that here? I am new here too lol)

Answer 10

Thank you so much again!
Here is the link:
https://codepen.io/luciane5/pen/djBQVJ?editors=0011

Answer 11

ok I re-read the question, it says to assign the result to variable, not to print in console

so it should be result=messageN, no need for console.log - which wont be testable by this SL test I wud guess

Answer 12

yaaaay JavaScript is ur hero :p
haha ur welcome