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

Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
4,720 Points
Posted by Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
4,720 Points

Else if statment

I am not really sure what to do here!

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

if ( isAdmin ) {
    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>

2 Answers

jamesjones21
jamesjones21
9,260 Points
jamesjones21
jamesjones21
9,260 Points

Hi Justin, you are almost there just need to do amend the syntax for the else condition, as it checks against the variable isAdmin, and as a single condition it will check if true / false, so if the isAdmin is false it will go to the else statement and alert 'Welcome student'

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

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

but using an else if condition would look like this:

as with else if they also need open and closing parenthesis to include the condition you want to test against.

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

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

hope this helps :)

Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
4,720 Points
Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
4,720 Points

Thanks James this really helped!