It is not a "shit show on decline". I am assuming this is your profile http://stackoverflow.com/users/6317210/madcatm2 http://stackoverflow.com/users/6317210/m

It is not a "shit show on decline". I am assuming this is your profile http://stackoverflow.com/users/6317210/madcatm2 http://stackoverflow.com/users/6317210/madcatm2 Consider: 1) you have basic questions older than 6 months with correct answers you haven't marked as correct 2) you clearly show an ability to program, however ask questions that you should be able to debug yourself easily. I think this is the main issue. In your question about the return value of prompt, logging the response should show you it is clearly not the value "null".