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Hi all i study java script and i want to know why this code didn't want to work what wrong with it?

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<html>

<body>

<script>

var totalInventory=700

var numberPurchased=200

var numberSales=0

while (totalInventory > numberPurchased) {

totalInventory = totalInventory - numberPurchased

numberSales++

}

document.write(Ã¢Â€ÂœOur stock supply will support Ã¢Â€Âœ +numberSales

+ Ã¢Â€Âœ of these bulk salesÃ¢Â€Â)

</script>

</body>

</html>

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Well, you're certainly getting the hang of some of this but it looks like you need to go back over the basics because the three errors I can see are all basic issues.

You forget to declare what type of script:

<script type="text/javascript">

You are forgetting the semi-colons ;;; at the end of each statement:

document.write("Hello World!");

You have smart quotes (curly ones) instead of straight quotes "", suggesting you might be using a word processor like Microsoft Word instead of a text editor like NotePad.  Admittedly, you can sometimes get away with smart quotes but HTML doesn't really handle it well.  Also, it may be pasting it into Yahoo that caused your smart quotes.

For more help with your learning, try W3C Schools - W3C are the official standard setters of the internet.  Here's the javascript tutorial:

http://w3schools.com/js/default.asp

All the best!

EDIT:

Your smart quotes have gone straight on me - I think it must be Yahoo.  :-)
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You have not told the browser what kind of script it is looking at, you should terminate each line of code with a semi-colon also. Also, I noticed you are quoting inside the document.write using curly quotes and must be using & ldquo; and & rdquo; (without the spaces after the &). That will not work on it's own in a script you should use standard quotes, not html entity's or codes. If you want the quotes to show in what is written, wrap the html entity's or codes in standard quotes outside of them - for example- document.write("& ldquo; -without the space after the &

<html>

<head>

<title></title>

</head>

<body>

<script type="text/javascript">

var totalInventory=700;

var numberPurchased=200;

var numberSales=0;

while (totalInventory > numberPurchased) {

totalInventory = totalInventory - numberPurchased;

numberSales++;

}

document.write("Our stock supply will support " +numberSales

+ " of these bulk sales");

</script>

</body>

</html>
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