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JavaScript DOM Scripting By Example Editing and Filtering Names States of the Application

Posted by Kade Rathbun
Kade Rathbun
6,586 Points

Writing if statement this way?

Can you refactor the code for the if statement by combing the two statements into one, using the && operator?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You could combine "if" conditions when there are no alternatives ("else" or "else if" blocks). But in the case of the "BUTTON" test, the inner conditionals will be testing for several possibilities and responding to each one differently.