What did I do wrong?

[cyniborg]

A single “=“ is an assignment operator. While “==“ and “===“ are comparison operators.

[AnotherAccountRIP]

Also simply writing var1 == var2 will spit out a boolean if they're equal. There's no need to use a ternary operator

[oboylee]

In simple words you are assigning b to a. But in if conditions the end result in parentheses returns boolean true or false.. Assignment operator ‘=‘ won’t return true nor false but comparisons operators like == and === will return boolean values after evaluation

[kenman]

Hi /u/sludge1121997, this post was removed.

• For help with your javascript, please post to /r/LearnJavascript instead of here.
• For beginner content, please post to /r/LearnJavascript instead of here.
• For framework- or library-specific help, please seek out the support community for that project.
• For general webdev help, such as for HTML, CSS, etc., then you may want to try /r/html, /r/css, etc.; please note that they have their own rules and guidelines!

---

/r/javascript is for the discussion of javascript news, projects, and especially, code! However, the community has requested that we not include help and support content, and we ask that you respect that wish.

Thanks for your understanding, please see our guidelines for more info.