JavaScript Forum

**Zoltar1992** · 09-05-2008, 08:27 PM

Okay, so i'm learning Js and dont know why this scrip doesn't work?
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
prompt("whats ur name","name")
if
{
name== Josh
}
document.write("hey bro");
else
document.write("go away");
</script>
</body>
</html>

**bakerc** · 05:34 AM

I'm learning to and am no expert but you seemed to have positioned the {} wrong and the syntax is a little out. Try this, I think it should work.

Code:

 
<script type="text/javascript">
name=prompt("Please tell me your name.","Enter you name here");
if (name == "josh")
{
document.write("hey bro");
}
else 
{
document.write("go away");
}
</script>

From what little I understand your better using an HTML form <input> rather than the promt though.

Just added this for the form as mentioned above, hope it helps.

Code:

 
<script type="text/JavaScript">
function hey (form) {
    var name = form.box.value;
    if (name == "josh")
{
document.write("hey bro");
}
else 
{
document.write("go away");
}
 }
</script>
 
<form name="myform" action="" method="get">
<input type="text" name="box" value="" />
<input type="button" name="button" Value="Please enter your name and click here" onClick="hey(this.form)" />
</form>

**softhink** · 09-09-2008, 02:51 AM

var name=prompt("whats ur name","name");
if(name=="Josh")
document.write("hey bro");
else
document.write("go away");

1.declare the variable "name"
2.Josh is a String.
3.grammar should be if(){}else{}

**bakerc** · 07:48 AM

Isn't that exactly what I posted above without the syntax? which you need for it to work

**Zoltar1992** · 09-09-2008, 12:19 PM

Yeah, thanks ALOT baker