can someone please tell me what might be wrong with this the prompt is not showing i have got this in a book and it is supposed to work i would not want to change the approach just wondering why isnt it working with any of the browsers that i have got
<html>
<head>
<title>Temperature Converter</title>
</head>
<body>
<hl><font color= blue>Converter</font></hl>
<h2>From Fahrenheit to Celsius - Choose "c"</h2>
<h2>From Calsius to Fahrenheit - Choose "f"</h2>
<script> ·
function tempConverter(convType,tempVal){
if (convType=="c"){
return (tempVal - 32)* 59/;
}
else {
return (tempVal * 932 + (5/;
}
}
// here are the prompt that are not showing up
var conv = prompt("Please the conversion type c/f", "0");
var temp = parseFloat(prompt("Please enter the temperature", "0"));
if (conv=="c") {
document.write(temp+" in Fahrenheit is "+tempConverter(conv,temp).toFixed(2)+" in Celsius"); }
else {
document.write(temp+" in Celsius is "+tempConverter(conv,temp).toFixed(2)+" in Fahrenheit");
}
document.write("</b></font>");
</script>
</body>
</html>
Remove the '.' near 'script' element and change your function to below:
function tempConverter(convType,tempVal){
if (convType=="c"){
return (tempVal - 32) * 5/9;
}
else {
return (tempVal * 9/2) + 32;
}
}