JavaScript is a scripting language that uses objects. For example, your browser window is an object. We can refer to this object via JavaScript by using "window."
The following is a method (action) of the window object. This method is envoked by using the following code:
window.prompt("Please enter your name.", "");The prompt reply is saved to a variable by using the following code:
The first line creates a variable by the name of 'name.' The second line sets 'name' equal to the reply of the prompt.
Here's the code to generate the prompt: