Javascript prompt not showing temp converter

Question

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>

For one thing, there are several typographical bugs in the posted code. Is this your real code? `return (tempVal - 32)* 59/;` and `return (tempVal * 932 + (5/;` ? — Elliott Frisch, Dec 12 '21 at 18:36
actually it is and i had my suspicion yet i thought the biik could not possibly be wrong right ?? — Dalya Hatem Natour, Dec 12 '21 at 18:38
and my main issue with it is the prompt not working for some reason — Dalya Hatem Natour, Dec 12 '21 at 18:39
Comment out the `tempConverter` function and see what happens. The function is currently very wrong. — Elliott Frisch, Dec 12 '21 at 18:50
A few other suggestions: you also have `` instead of `
`. You should change it to `
Converter
` and then you can add CSS to set the color: `h1 { color: blue; }`. `document.write` [isn't recommended](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4537963/what-are-alternatives-to-document-write), so a better alternative would be creating an empty element `
` and then updating that HTML directly: `document.getElementById("output").innerHTML = "temp + " in Fahrenheit is ...";` — WOUNDEDStevenJones, Dec 12 '21 at 19:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 12 '21 at 18:57

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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;
  } 
}

answered Dec 12 '21 at 18:57

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Thank you so much it worked I really appreciate it – Dalya Hatem Natour Dec 12 '21 at 19:10
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@DalyaHatemNatour See https://stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers – Unmitigated Dec 12 '21 at 21:03

Javascript prompt not showing temp converter

`. You should change it to `

Converter

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