How do I make a quiz game with textarea?

Question

I tried this code, but it didn’t work:

<p>Sample question? Say yes or no.</p>
<textarea id=“write1” placeholder=“write your answer here” cols=“15” rows=“1”></textarea>
<button onclick=“answer()”>Answer</button>
<script>
function answer(){
if (write1 == “yes”){
alert(“you\’re correct!”);
}
else{
alert(“nope”)
}
}

It always turned out as “nope” even if I typed in yes. I need help

Answer 1

Hi rac0208 ,

You're doing great!

It's wonderful to see you've been using the Code Playground too! :) Did you know you can post a link to your code in the discussion? Would you mind doing that for the code you put in your original post, plus any modifications you've tried? (Makes it a lot easier for us to help out when we're not in front of a desktop/laptop and working off the mobile app.)

In the meantime, this link might cover a bit more ground:

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/dom_obj_textarea.asp

Looking forward,

-- Janning.

Answer 2

Hi rac0208 !

So that I'm not taking away from you the fun of learning, maybe ask yourself:

What does the script think "write1" is right now?

Am I doing a good job telling the script what "write1" is?

:)

Answer 3

So, Janning, I’m identifying write1 as the whole box, not the text i put inside it. I just don’t know how to do that...