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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Random Number Challenge, Part II Solution

Mohammed Zeeshan
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Mohammed Zeeshan
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Mohammed Zeeshan
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Do we need to use else statement here?

After if statement, do we need to use else statement, so that if the boolean value returns false, the else statement runs and returns the arguments?

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Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
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Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,052 Points

Technically no.

You could have a situation where you only want to perform an action where a condition is True.

Imagine this scenario: IF I see my friend THEN I will say "Hello" to him.

If I don't see my friend, I'm not going to do anything, so I won't be saying "Hello", etc.

Else statements are helpful when you want to perform an alternative action. IF I see my friend THEN I will say "Hello" to him, ELSE I will text him later today.

In the instance above, I'm deciding to say "Hello" if I see him, but if I don't see him, then I want to text him later in the day.

Programmatically, it's the same thing. Sometimes you only want to perform an action if a condition is met. Other times you want to perform an action if a condition is met, and an alternative action if the condition is NOT met.

Dylan Glover
Dylan Glover
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Dylan Glover
Dylan Glover
2,537 Points

During the program execution, the statements written inside the if block will only be executed when the condition mentioned is true. Otherwise, if the condition is false, the next consecutive lines after the if block will be executed. It will not search for else or generate an error. In this case, I don't believe including the else would change the way the code runs at all.

Hope this helps, Dylan

Artan Ahmeti
Artan Ahmeti
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Artan Ahmeti
Artan Ahmeti
3,046 Points

Usually what I like to do if I have only two cases to cover, first I check if a condition is false then stop execution otherwise continue, for example: let something = false; if(!something) { return }; // continue