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Tim_JF
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February 21, 2022
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Problem comparing variables in java script

  • February 21, 2022
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Hi all!

 

I'm making a word guessing game in captivate and using javascript executed from an advanced action to handle some of the logic.

 

I am trying to compare a guessed letter with the correct letter, but my comparison is not working when the variables should match.

 

To track down the problem, in the below I have set the variables to the same letter. This results in varDebug1 = "grey" where I was expecting it to be "green":

jsLetter1="C";
jsGuess1="C";

window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue("varDebug1", "grey");

if ("jsGuess1" == "jsLetter1") {
window.cpAPIInterface.setVariableValue("varDebug1", "green");
}

 

 

I have used typeof to confirm that both variables have the same type, if that might matter. Is there anything I'm doing wrong here?

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Correct answer Tim_JF

Of course, after looking at this for hours, withion minutes of giving up and asking for help I figure it out. Leaving it here in case anyone else needs to learn from my 'expertise'.

 

I was putting the variable names in quotes, so it was comparing the variable names instead of the variable contents.

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Tim_JFAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
February 21, 2022

Of course, after looking at this for hours, withion minutes of giving up and asking for help I figure it out. Leaving it here in case anyone else needs to learn from my 'expertise'.

 

I was putting the variable names in quotes, so it was comparing the variable names instead of the variable contents.

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