Newbie to Java Script I am trying to understand this?? Help!

[nerdherd]

This is the Hint: you need to find that and then read the script very carefully, now in this script, it uses the getYear() function, instead of the getFullYear() function, this is a very bad idea because ever since the milenium getYear has messed up, e.g: in 1984 getYear would print out 84 and in 1999 it would print out 99, but ever since 2000 it started to go above 99 and carry on counting into 100s. From that you should be able to work it out.

a = prompt("Please enter password!","");
date = new Date();
year = date.getYear();
b = year+12;
if(a == b){
alert("Good job! You got it!");
window.location.href=year+".php";
}
else
{
alert("Try it again!");

}


Your help would be most appreciated thnx

[flabbyrabbit]

Are you trying to find out the answer? What site is this from?

If you are trying to work this out the easiest way to do it, is to:

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<script type="text/javascript">
//a = prompt("Please enter password!","");
date = new Date();
year = date.getYear();
b = year+12;
alert(b);
if(a == b){
alert("Good job! You got it!");
window.location.href=year+".php";
}
else
{
alert("Try it again!");
}
</script>

The // Comments out the password alert so it doesn't show up. The alert(b); will show what b is. If you copy and paste this into notepad, save it as a .html file and open it in FF/IE. A pop up will come up showing the answer (120).

But simply is is the year (as explained in the hint). 2008 = 108. So year+12=120, as simple as that!

Flabby Rabbit

[rangana]

Don't use get.Year(), use get.FullYear().

For further reading
http://cf-bill.blogspot.com/2007/11/jav ... lyear.html

[flabbyrabbit]

He wasn't writing the script he was doing something that involved him working out what the script did.

Flabby Rabbit

[rangana]

Mind rephrasing it Flabby, I'm confused. Was the response addressed to me or to the OP?

[flabbyrabbit]

You, the OP didn't write the code so he doesn't need to be corrected.

Flabby Rabbit

[rangana]

Okay, so then you need to be corrected. Never use getYear().

Hope that makes sense.