Prompting For User For Information

Prompt(prompt string, default reply)

• The prompt command requires two parameter strings.
• The first is the prompt to display, the second is the default answer. If you do not want a default answer, just use "".
• It returns what the user typed s a string of characters

Var

• The keyword var declares a variable with the name given.
• It is not need, but is good programming style, and may prevent interpretation problems or better error messages.
• There are two forms:
• var name;
• var name= "value";

Start A New Document In The Editor, Or cleanup the current one.

Enter the following JavaScript program

var colour = prompt("Enter favourite colour:", "Red");
document.write(colour);

Now run the program

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