[ckphilli]

Yes, the last 2 curly braces and the comment (//blah blah...fill in here) in between. It's unnecessary.

[turbow5]

Alright Finally it passed me. Any other tips I'm probably going to get stuck on?

[ckphilli]

I would pay very close attention to curly braces and semicolons (as you've learned already). They can blow up a script in a second and can be a pain.

Also, I would recommend reinforcing your studies by running scripts outside of codeacademy. They do a lot of it for you, and you could benefit from developing a simple html page on your local machine for script testing. I'll let you google that, because you'll learn a lot more that way.

Have fun!

[turbow5]

I knew this wouldn't be easy to learn but I don't get what it means by this. Code below.

If("turbow5".length === 9);
do{"I am Wrong"};

It says I'm "missing while". What does that mean?...

[ckphilli]

Give me another screenshot please, I need to see where you're at in the exercise.

[turbow5]

Says on line 5.

[ckphilli]

Ok turbo, slow down a little bit.

1) forget about the while, that has nothing to do with this.

2) This exercise is no different than the last we helped you with...if{} else {}

3) Remember:

//this is a comment used as a placeholder or for notes. if you see "//do something" you can't just un-comment and make it work

4) Look at semicolons and curly braces

5) If you look back in this thread, you'll find how to correct your issue.

Good luck, it's bedtime here.

[turbow5]

This time I cant figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've visited the Q&A, the first link you showed me and previous post. What is throwing me off?

[ckphilli]

Turbo...semicolons...do not put a semicolon after an if or else.

I just don't think you're thinking about this correctly. Think about a game; a first person shooter. Things happen based on your decisions. You're learning the same thing in a script. For instance:

IF (you enter a certain room)

{
alert("You shouldn't be in this room");
}

ELSE

{
alert("You're on track");
}

You don't need "do".

These comments include "do" because they are notes and trying to tell you something. Like so:

IF(8>4)
{
//Do stuff
}
ELSE
{
//Do other stuff
}

IF(8>4)
{
alert("True");
}
ELSE
{
alert("False");
}

These are fundamentals you need to understand before you move forward. Codeacademy is a GREAT learning tool. But don't get caught up in "passing". If you just focus on passing, you aren't going to retain anything.

[turbow5]

*brain melting* Am I still missing a semicolon?

[Ent]

I'm not great at Javascript myself, but I think you want the following:
Remove the DO. Do is a completely different command used for repeating code.

Insert a semicolon just before each of the closing braces, as in the following:
{console.log ("I am right");}

[ckphilli]

Originally Posted by Ent

I'm not great at Javascript myself, but I think you want the following:
Remove the DO. Do is a completely different command used for repeating code.

Insert a semicolon just before each of the closing braces, as in the following:
{console.log ("I am right");}

Yes, thanks Ent. Turbo, read post #24 again. I gave you some perfect examples and said "don't use do".

[turbow5]

Ok got the "do" part but the error is on line 6. It says I did not log the console at all. Isn't that the console.log part?

[Ent]

= sets a variable.
== checks whether two variables match.

What's === ?

[ckphilli]

Originally Posted by Ent

= sets a variable.
== checks whether two variables match.

What's === ?

That's the strict equal operator. Both type and value have to be equal to return true.