Assignment 5 Arrays

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var stateNames= ["Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", "California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", "Florida", "Georgia",

"Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", "Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", "Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan",

"Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", "Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", "New Mexico", "New York",

"North Carolina", "North Dakota", "Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", "South Carolina", "South Dakota",

"Tennessee", "Texas", "Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", "Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming"];

//initialize an array of names to hold the 50 states

var capitalNames = ["Montgomery", "Juneau", "Phoenix", "Little Rock", "Sacramento", "Denver", "Hartford", "Dover", "Tallahassee",

"Atlanta", "Honolulu", "Boise", "Springfield", "Indianapolis", "Des Moines", "Topeka", "Frankfort", "Baton Rouge", "Augusta", "Annapolis",

"Boston", "Lansing", "St. Paul", "Jackson", "Jefferson City", "Helena", "Lincoln", "Carson City", "Concord", "Trenton", "Santa Fe", "Albany",

"Raleigh", "Bismarck", "Columbus", "Oklahoma City", "Salem", "Harrisburg", "Providence", "Columbia", "Pierre", "Nashville", "Austin",

"Salt Lake City", "Montpelier", "Richmond", "Olympia", "Charleston", "Madison", "Cheyenne"];

//initialize an array of names to hold the 50 capitals

var i=0; // counter initialization and it runs once

var userInput=window.prompt("What is the capital of " + stateNames[i] , "?");

//this creates a prompt that allows the user to enter the capital of the state

correctCount=0; //this initializes the loop counter so it begins to count through the states

while (userInput.toLowerCase()!="exit"&&i<stateNames.length)

// toLowerCase()to convert user input into lower case and use the loop to go through the state names array

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if (userInput.toLowerCase()==capitalNames[i].toLowerCase())

//if userInput equals the corresponding capital name from the array

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correctCount++; //increase counter by one

i++; //go to the next state

userInput = window.prompt("Correct!!!! What is the capital of " + stateNames[i]+ "? Please type exit to stop." , "?");

//if your answer was correct, you will receive a new prompt asking you to try another

}

else { //start the second part of the if statement within the while statement

i++; //if the input does not equal the capital name then go to the next state

userInput = window.prompt("Sorry. The correct answer is " + capitalNames[i-1] + ". What is the capital of " + stateNames[i] + "? Type exit to stop." , "?");

//if your answer was incorrect, you will receive this new prompt stating the correct capital, then you can move on to the next state

}

document.write("You received " + correctCount + " out of " + i + " correct. Thank you for playing!");

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