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ImThatGuy
ImThatGuy

Reputation: 25

Prompt is not working

So this is the code I have and that is called upon when clicking on a page in my nav-bar and the prompt box does come up and ask for input but no matter what I type in nothing happens: 

function AlertFunction() {
  var person = prompt("Please Enter Password to enter Private Chat");

  if (person === Python) {
    window.location.pathname = 'index.1.html';
  } else {
    alert("Sorry you do not have access to this page");
  }
}

I'll put website here and try to keep it online that way you can view the page if you would like: https://project-js-imthatguy.c9users.io/index.html

Upvotes: 2

Views: 160

Answers (3)

Scott Marcus
Scott Marcus

Reputation: 65808

The return value from a prompt() is always a string. If you want to test the response against the actual value of "Python", it needs to be in quotes. Also, remember that strings are case-sensitive, so "python" doesn't equal "Python".

If Python is not supposed to be the literal value, then it is a variable and you don't seem to have declared or initialized that anywhere.

function AlertFunction() {
  var person = prompt("Please Enter Password to enter Private Chat");

  // Strings are case-sensitive
  if (person === "Python") {
    window.location.pathname = 'index.1.html';
  } else {
    alert("Sorry you do not have access to this page");
  }
}

AlertFunction();

Upvotes: 2

Mathspy
Mathspy

Reputation: 172

Python is not defined, I am assuming you meant to write "Python"

And you shouldn't store passwords inside your HTML/JS or Client side in general. EVER.

Upvotes: 0

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 943142

Python is an undeclared variable. When the JS engine tries to read it to compare it to person, it throws a reference error and aborts the script.

You need to surround it with quotes to make it a string literal.

Upvotes: 1

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