Rock, Papers, Scissors project issues with running code

#1

I’m doing the Rock, Papers, Scissors project under the Learn Javascript module.
I’m having issues when I save my code, it gives me the following error at line 35:
if(userChoice === ‘rock’) {
^
ReferenceError: userChoice is not defined
at Object. (/home/ccuser/workspace/javascript_101_Unit_3/Unit_3/rockPaperScissors.js:27:4)
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

I followed the directions very carefully, watched the expert video about this (who followed the exact instructions and didn’t have the error I did), and tried modifying the code to something it might understand like getUserChoice as that was a function it had me create. No where does it say create a function specifically for userChoice. I also had a similar problem with computerChoice. Any tips or ideas on this would be greatly appreciated!

#2

The first thing to do is check spelling. Where is userChoice defined? Somewhere in the code? Or as a formal parameter of a findWinner function?

#3

It was a parameter. After looking more carefully at it, I moved all my if/ else statements with userChoice and computerChoice within the determineWinner function and it worked.

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