Javascript prompt() - cancel button to terminate the function

Question

I\'m calling a Javascript window.prompt() and prompting the user to submit a variable which I compare to another variable (a very basic password protection). Th

Answer 1

prompt returns a string if the user presses OK ('' being with no value submitted). If the user pressed Cancel, null is returned. All you need to do is check whether the value is null:

function doSomething() {
    var input;
    input = prompt('Do something?');
    if (input === null) {
        return; //break out of the function early
    }
    switch (input) {
    case 'fun':
        doFun();
        break;
    case 'boring':
        beBoring();
        break;
    }
}