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Kevown Bechard
Kevown Bechard

Reputation: 55

Reprompting a user for inputs using a while loop in javascript

I am new to coding and trying some assignments. I am trying to prompt a user for the lengths of the sides of a triangle. The program calculates the area and returns a value. I am trying to use a while loop to reprompt the user if the given lengths do not create a triangle. 

While (true)
{
    SideA = parseFloat(prompt("Enter the length of Side A"));
    SideB = parseFloat(prompt("Enter the length of Side B"));
    SideC = parseFloat(prompt("Enter the length of Side C"));

    //Calculate half the perimeter of the triangle
    S = parseFloat(((SideA+SideB+SideC)/2));

    //Calculate the area
    Area = parseFloat(Math.sqrt((S*(S-SideA)*(S-SideB)*(S-SideC))));

    if(isNaN(Area)) 
    {
        alert("The given values do not create a triangle. Please re- 
           enter the side lengths.");
    } 
    else 
    {
        break;
    }   

}

//Display results
document.write("The area of the triangle is " + Area.toFixed(2) + "." 
+ PA);

Upvotes: 2

Views: 228

Answers (1)

Dileep
Dileep

Reputation: 174

You can use a do while loop to achieve this:

function checkTriangleInequality(a, b, c) {
   return a < b + c && b < c + a && c < b + a;
}

function promptSides() {
  let a, b, c;
   while (true) {
    a = parseFloat(prompt("Enter a"));
    b = parseFloat(prompt("Enter b"));
    c = parseFloat(prompt("Enter c"));

    if (!checkTriangleInequality(a, b, c)) {
      alert("Input is invalid, please try again.")
    } else {
      let s = (a+b+c)/2
      let area = parseFloat(Math.sqrt((s*(s-a)*(s-b)*(s-c))));
      console.log(area);
      break;
    }
   }
}

Upvotes: 1

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