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Tell us what’s happening:

Ok. My code works in the console but i simply can’t get it to pass the tests from 11 and forward.

I believe I take the question as an object and the computer choice as a string in the getResults function.

Even though I can see that a lot of people have similar issues on this forum, I can’t use their posts as a solution on my problem.

Your code so far

const questions = [
    {
    category: "Hard Questions",
    question: "What's the definition of the word codswallop?",
    choices: ["Gibberish", "Nonsense", "Philosophy"],
    answer: "Nonsense"
    },
    {
    category: "Easy Questions",
    question: "Which French emperor was attacked by a horde of rabbits?",
    choices: ["Trump", "Bono", "Napoleon Bonaparte"],
    answer: "Napoleon Bonaparte"
    },
    {
    category: "Hard Questions",
    question: "What Australian animal poops in cubes?",
    choices: ["The Wombat", "Human Being", "Android"],
    answer: "The Wombat"
    },
    {
    category: "Hard Questions",
    question: "After urinating on a bomb during WWII, Juliana, a Great Dane, was awarded what honor?",
    choices: ["Nobel Peace Prize", "An Oscar", "The Blue Cross Medal"],
    answer: "The Blue Cross Medal"
    },
    {
    category: "Medium Questions",
    question: "What is Bob Dylan's real last name?",
    choices: ["Trump", "Zimmerman", "Bono"],
    answer: "Zimmerman"
    }
  ]

const getRandomQuestion = (questions) => {
  let randomNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * questions.length);
  let randomQuestion = questions[randomNum]; 
  return randomQuestion; 
}

const getRandomComputerChoice = (choices) => {
  let randomNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * choices.length);
  let randomChoice = choices[randomNum];
  return randomChoice;
}

let quizResult = getRandomQuestion(questions);
let computerChoice = quizResult.choices;
let finalComputerChoice = getRandomComputerChoice(computerChoice);
let rightAnswer = quizResult.answer;

const getResults = (question, comAnswer) => {
  if (question.answer === comAnswer) {
    return "The computer's choice is correct"
  } else return "The computer's choice is wrong. The correct answer is '" + quizResult.answer + "'";
}

console.log(quizResult.question + "\n");
console.log(`Computer answer: ${finalComputerChoice} \n`);
console.log(getResults(quizResult, finalComputerChoice));
console.log("\n")
console.log(`The type of quizResult is: ${typeof(quizResult)}`)
console.log(`The type of rightAnswer is: ${typeof(rightAnswer)}`)
console.log(`The type of computerChoice is: ${typeof(computerChoice)}`)

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Challenge Information:

Build a Quiz Game - Build a Quiz Game

2

There are some differences in punctuation in your final output strings.

Do not use global variables in your function, make sure you are using the parameters.

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you never create quizAnswer inside the function, where does this come from?

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Welcome to the forum @holmgreen !

The message returned by getResults should match the text in the instructions exactly. Fix that and your code should pass.

Good job!

EDIT: Oops…I see that global variable now in your getResults function that @pkdvalis mentioned.

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Oh yes!!! It was my lame nemesis: punctuation and the global variable inside the function. Thanks a lot!!!

A bit strange though, that it fails on test 11 that tells me to pass an object and a string. Anyway. I’m on my way. Thanks again.

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The tests are simple tests, and cannot account for every variation they encounter. Do not try to code based only on the tests.

If a test is failing you need to check that the User Stories are implemented correctly.

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Yes. got it. Thanks a lot.

In that way, these tests are extremely educational, because I can figure out a solution that actually works, but need to rethink it according to the tests.