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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements A Basic If Statement

Levente Bito
Levente Bito
4,679 Points
Posted by Levente Bito
Levente Bito
4,679 Points

Add a conditional statement that test to see if the isAdmin variable is true. If it is then open an alert with the messa

I think my code is right, but the system doesn't want to accept it.

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

if (isAdmin=true) {
alert(Welcome administrator)
}
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>

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

There are two issues with your code:

  1. You compare things using ==, in your code you use a single = sign, which is incorrect as that is used to assign values, not compare them.

  2. String values (text values essentially) have to be wrapped in quote marks, you can't just type them out, doing that will make JavaScript think you are referencing a variable or something along those lines.

Fixing those two issues produces this code:

var isAdmin = true;
var isStudent = false;

if (isAdmin==true) {
alert("Welcome administrator")
}

Which will pass the challenge.