ReferenceError: prompt is not defined

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So I am confused at the Freeform Project Dog Years. The prompt line, which creates the error in Dog Years, does work when copied in Kelvin Weather. If I copy the prompt line I wrote from Kelvin Weather, which works in that project, to Dog Years, it also creates this error message.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug? I’d really like to know because I cannot find what I’m doing wrong.

/home/ccuser/workspace/learn-javascript-intro-dog-years-2/app.js:2
const myName = prompt(‘What is your name?’);
^

ReferenceError: prompt is not defined
at Object. (/home/ccuser/workspace/learn-javascript-intro-dog-years-2/app.js:2:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:427:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:151:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:542:3


// prompt the user for his name
const myName = prompt('What is your name?');

// assigns my age as value to myAge
const myAge = 22;

// sets the value of earlyYears to 2
let earlyYears = 2;

// Multiple earlyyears by 10.5 to equal early years of a dog
earlyYears *= 10.5;

// the early years have been used in the formula, so subtract those years from my age
let laterYears = myAge - 2;

laterYears *= 4;

myAgeInDogYears = earlyYears + laterYears;

console.log(`My name is ${myName}.`);
console.log(' I am ' + myAgeInDogYears + ' in dog years.');
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If the prompt function has somehow been disabled, it might be necessary to supply a name…

const myName = "Your Name";

See if you can at least complete the lesson with that swap.

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I am having the same issues and needless to say it is has been EXTREMEMELY frustrating. I went on to a later exercise (Rock Paper Scissors) and am having the same issue. “Prompt” doesn’t seem to be working at all… I wish this would get it sorted out or replace the exercises with ones that don’t ask for it. Huge waste of time…

Just like you, when I copied the code over into the Kelvin exercise, everything worked fine.

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So far I’m having the same problem on every project except for the Kelvin one as well. It is BEYOND frustrating, considering I only upgraded to PRO to get the projects. The quizzes are terrible.I think I will ask for a refund on PRO.

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I just upgraded today solely for the pro projects and got to the second one, this one, and have been spending more time searching forums to see if it was something I was doing wrong than actually learning. So it is like this for every project but the Kelvin one?

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