curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-recursion-by-building-a-decimal-to-binary-converter/644905b34f614973a8252a26.md
Now that your Convert button and number input are listening for clicks and Enter key presses, it's time to complete the checkUserInput() function.
It would be helpful to alert users if they don't enter a value into the number input, or the number they enter is invalid. While the input type="number" element makes validation easier by only allowing numbers and some special characters, remember that all values you get from HTML elements are actually strings. Also, if the number input is empty, the value property will be an empty string.
Inside your checkUserInput function, use an if statement to check if the value of numberInput is equal to an empty string. Leave the body of the if statement empty for now.
Your if statement within checkUserInput should check if the value of numberInput is equal to an empty string.
assert.match(String(checkUserInput), /if\s*\(\s*numberInput\s*\.\s*value\s*===?\s*('|"|`)\1\s*\)\s*\{|if\s*\(\s*numberInput\s*\[\s*('|"|`)value\2\s*\]\s*===?\s*('|"|`)\3\s*\)\s*\{/);
The body of your if statement within checkUserInput should be empty.
assert.match(String(checkUserInput), /if\s*\(\s*.+\s*\)\s*\{\s*\}/);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Decimal to Binary Converter</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>
Decimal to Binary
Converter
</h1>
<section class="input-container">
<label for="number-input">Enter a decimal number:</label>
<input
value=""
type="number"
name="decimal number input"
id="number-input"
class="number-input"
/>
<button class="convert-btn" id="convert-btn">Convert</button>
</section>
<section class="output-container">
<output id="result" for="number-input"></output>
<h2>Call stack</h2>
<div id="animation-container"></div>
</section>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
*,
*::before,
*::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
:root {
--light-grey: #f5f6f7;
--dark-blue: #1b1b32;
--orange: #f1be32;
}
body {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console,
monospace;
font-size: 1.125rem;
color: var(--light-grey);
background-color: var(--dark-blue);
padding: 0 4px;
}
h1 {
font-size: 2.125rem;
text-align: center;
margin: 20px 0;
}
h2 {
font-size: 1.5rem;
text-align: center;
margin: 20px 0;
}
.input-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 10px;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
width: clamp(320px, 50vw, 460px);
margin: 10px auto;
}
.input-container label {
white-space: nowrap;
word-spacing: -6px;
}
.convert-btn {
font-size: inherit;
font-family: inherit;
background-color: var(--orange);
width: 100%;
height: 2rem;
padding: 0 6px;
border: none;
border-radius: 2px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.number-input {
font-size: inherit;
padding: 0.3rem;
width: 100%;
}
.output-container {
margin-inline: auto;
width: clamp(320px, 50vw, 460px);
}
#result {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
font-size: 2rem;
text-align: center;
min-height: 80px;
margin-block-start: 20px;
padding: 15px;
border: 2px solid var(--orange);
border-radius: 2px;
}
#animation-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column-reverse;
justify-content: end;
gap: 1rem;
margin-block-end: 1rem;
min-height: 40vh;
border: 2px dashed var(--orange);
padding: 1rem;
}
.animation-frame {
font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, avenir next, avenir, segoe ui,
helvetica neue, helvetica, Cantarell, Ubuntu, roboto, noto, arial,
sans-serif;
padding: 15px 10px;
border: 5px solid var(--orange);
font-size: 1.2rem;
text-align: center;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 36em) {
body {
font-size: 1rem;
}
.input-container {
flex-direction: row;
width: unset;
}
.number-input {
width: unset;
}
}
const numberInput = document.getElementById("number-input");
const convertBtn = document.getElementById("convert-btn");
const result = document.getElementById("result");
const checkUserInput = () => {
--fcc-editable-region--
--fcc-editable-region--
console.log(numberInput.value);
};
convertBtn.addEventListener("click", checkUserInput);
numberInput.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
if (e.key === "Enter") {
checkUserInput();
}
});