Parrot

Task

Your client would like a chat-back program that repeats whatever the user says.  The program should open with a line that says

“Say something to Polly the Parrot”

Polly the Parrot should then repeat what the user says, along with some Squawks!

Polly Parrot: *SQUAWK* hello *SQUAAAWK*

Solution

Say something to Polly the Parrot

Avast, matey! Ya better write some text, ‘fore ya walk tha plank!

Enter some Text

Notice that this example uses an ‘event listener’ on the button inside the javascript window load instead of onClick inline code on the button.

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Code

// store the user input in a function and run onclick
	function userPrompt() {
	//get user input
	var userInput = prompt(“Enter yer text here, ya scurvy dawg: “);
	//display user input
	document.getElementById(“display-user-input”).innerHTML = “<br />Polly says:<hr /><br /> *SQUAWK* ” + “<h1>” + userInput + “</h1>” + ” *SQUAAAWK*”;
	}

<button onclick=”userPrompt()”>Enter some Text</button>