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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add an Else If Clause

Posted by Ijac Mihai
Ijac Mihai
6,976 Points

What is wrong here?

var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin===true ) { alert('Welcome administrator') } else if (isStudent===true){alert('Welcome Student')}

script.js 
var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin===true ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
} else if (isStudent===true){alert('Welcome Student')}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Cory Harkins
Cory Harkins
16,500 Points
Cory Harkins
Cory Harkins
16,500 Points 
var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
} else if ( isStudent === true ) {
  alert('Welcome student');
}

THE BIG DEAL FOR YOUR ISSUE: you should lower case student in your string.

Lol.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Code challenges can be very picky!

Any time a challenge asks you to output a string, be careful to use the exact string required, including case and punctuation

In this case, as Cory mentioned, you wrote "Student" (with a capital "S") instead of "student" (with a lower case "s").

Also, while it doesn't hurt, you don't ever need to compare something to true. Just naming it will do. Examples:

if (myBoolean === true)  // <-- this works, but is not necessary
if (myBoolean)           // <-- that's all you need