Getting error with debugger

[msNewbie]

[Code:]
Timestamp: 9/8/2012 11:30:59 PM
Error: SyntaxError: illegal XML character
Source Code:
if(.01 || <1.00)
-----------^
[/Code]

FireFox debugger doesn't like 1.00 or 1.0 or 1
What I am trying to say is:
.
If it is 1¢ or less than $1.00

[xelawho]

you are making a comparison but giving the code nothing to compare it to. generally speaking (but not always), the left side will have a variable:

if(x==.01 || x<1)

[msNewbie]

Originally Posted by xelawho

you are making a comparison but giving the code nothing to compare it to. generally speaking (but not always), the left side will have a variable:

if(x==.01 || x<1)

Dang! I forgot to say that I tried that too, sorry bout that!
Here is the entire code.
Everything works all the up to the last section where it declares winner or loser.

function main()  //program driver
{	// This begins function main()

// This section tells me what the variables are

	var pennies = 0;
	var nickles = 0;
	var dimes   =0;
	var quarters = 0;
	var halfDollars = 0;
	var dollars = 0;
	var t       = 0;

// This section will let the user be prompted for the amount of coin.

	pennies = parseFloat(prompt("Enter how many pennies you have:", ""));
	nickles = parseFloat(prompt("Enter how many nickles you have:", ""));	
	dimes = parseFloat(prompt("Enter how many dimes you have:", ""));	
	quarters = parseFloat(prompt("Enter how many quarters you have:", ""));
	halfDollars = parseFloat(prompt("Enter how many half dollars you have:", ""));	
	dollars = parseFloat(prompt("Enter how many dollars you have:", ""));

	t = .01 * pennies + .05 * nickles + .10 * dimes + .25 * quarters + .5 * halfDollars + 1 * dollars;
		
// Shows total coins
	function outputDeclairAmountTotal(pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, halfDollars, dollars)
	{
	alert("Pennies: " + pennies + "\n" +
	      "Nickles: " + nickles + "\n" +
		  "Dimes: " + dimes + "\n" +
		  "Quarters: " + quarters + "\n" +
		  "Half Dollars: " + halfDollars + "\n" +
		  "Dollars: " + dollars + "\n" +
	      "Caculated amount: " + t.toFixed(2));
	}
		  
// This will give the results of the game. 
// Equal to 1¢ or less than $1.00 = Sorry! You lose! You have less than one dollar.
// Over one dollar = Sorry! You lose! You have more that one dollar.
// If no coins were put in then = No coins entered.
// If you won then = Congratulations! You win!
	function 
	if(t==.01 || x<1)
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have less than one dollar.")
		}
		
	else if(t== >1)
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have more than one dollar.") 
		}
	
	else (1)
	{
	alert("Congratulations! You win! You have exactly one dollar.")
	}
			 
		   
}	//	This ends function main()

[AndrewGSW]

else if(t== >1)

this syntax is incorrect, and

else (1)

will always be true.

You should be able to fix this by reading any guide to comparison operators.

[Logic Ali]

function 
	if(t==.01 || x<1)
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have less than one dollar.")
		}

I would say the error is on the line preceding the test.

[msNewbie]

Originally Posted by AndrewGSW

else if(t== >1)

this syntax is incorrect, and

else (1)

will always be true.

You should be able to fix this by reading any guide to comparison operators.

I read the page and I was up until 04:30 doing it in almost every combination that I could figure. Then I wind up waking up out of frustration and trying more (or probably duplicate of this morning) and it still won't work.
I tried with the && . I tried without the && .
I tried spaces. I tried no spaces.
I tried parenthesis. I tried no parenthesis.
I even tried just <.01 and I catch hell from the debugger.
No matter WHAT I tried it just keeps giving me errors and won't even start the program. Grrr! Am I thinking the wrong way? Obviously but HOW am I thinking wrong? I don't want to keep guessing I want to understand and be able to think the solution out the right way.
Have you tried to see if you could get this program to work at all the right way?
WTH is the >>>illegal XML character<<< anyways?
This was my last shot at the bottom section and I got this error:

Error: SyntaxError: illegal XML character
Line: 43, Column: 9
Source Code:
if (t=(<1&&>99)) 
--------^

Even on the comparison operator's page they have this:

14.if (hour<6 && hour>12) //&& logically compares truth of two values
15.document.write(“<h1>Good afternoon!!</h1>”);

[AndrewGSW]

As Logic Ali points out there is an error before it gets to the if statement. You haven't created a function, although you've started one:

function  // complete this definition, or delete it, as appropriate
	if(t==.01 || x<1)
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have less than one dollar.")
		}
		
	else if(t > 1)    // should you be checking x or t?
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have more than one dollar.") 
		}
	
	else if (t == 1)

Once you've corrected all this you'll need to account for rounding errors. That is, t might end up as 1.00000001.

[Philip M]

If rounding errors are an issue you can do

var x = 1.0000001;
x = x.toFixed(2);  // x is now a string value
x = Number (x);  // back to a number
alert (x);

[msNewbie]

Originally Posted by AndrewGSW

As Logic Ali points out there is an error before it gets to the if statement. You haven't created a function, although you've started one:

function  // complete this definition, or delete it, as appropriate
	if(t==.01 || x<1)
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have less than one dollar.")
		}
		
	else if(t > 1)    // should you be checking x or t?
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have more than one dollar.") 
		}
	
	else if (t == 1)

Once you've corrected all this you'll need to account for rounding errors. That is, t might end up as 1.00000001.

==============
++++++++++++++
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If you look at the complete code above I took your advice.
The top section has been tested and works great.
This is the bottom section that refuses to work.
The function line has been removed.
Here is the change I made and I am STILL thinking wrong somehow.
I realize that I have only just started learning code for only two weeks but I feel that I am missing something even after reading the site someone gave me and this is due 9/11/12.

	if (t=(<1&&>99))
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have less than one dollar.");
		}
		
	if (t=(<1.01&&>50))
		{
			alert("Sorry! You lose! You have more than one dollar.");
		}
	
	if (t= (1))
		{
			alert("Congratulations! You WIN! You have exactly one dollar.");
		}
}

Has anyone tried to get this script to work on their computer?

[AndrewGSW]

if (t=(<1&&>99))

This is more wrong than the original code! You don't seem to have read or understood the advice, and code, given in previous posts.

var wibble = 50;
if (wibble >= 1 && wibble <= 100) {
    alert('Yes it is somewhere between 1 and 100!');
}