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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add a Final Else Clause

Posted by geeron
geeron
3,075 Points

Hello. Im getting an error here, but to me, everything seems fine? Is my code wrong, or is it a bug in the quiz?

Check my code, to me it seems right! "else" is present as it should. Semicolons was there from the start

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

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
} else if (isStudent) {
    alert('Welcome student')
}   else {
    alert("Who are you?")
}
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>
geeron
geeron
3,075 Points

This is the answer i get when i check the code:

Bummer: Are you sure you put an "else" statement? (paraphrased)

geeron
geeron
3,075 Points

also when i run the code, the program runs fine, i get an alert saying "Who are you?"

1 Answer

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

This code looks OK to me. So I tried copy/pasting it directly into the challenge, and it passed!

Try again?

Also, while it doesn't affect the program (or passing the challenge), there's no advantage to removing the semicolons. In fact, even when they aren't necessary, it's considered a "best practice" to place them at the end of every statement.

geeron
geeron
3,075 Points

Thanks for the answer and the tip. I jumped to the next challenge, probably a bug it seems :(.