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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Super Conditional Challenge

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

Help JavaScript Coding challange

I cant figure this out please help

script.js 
var money = 9;
var today = 'Friday'

if (money >= 9 || today === 'Friday') {
  alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");
}

else if ( money >= 100 || today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time to go to the theater");    
} 
else if ( money >= 50 || today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie and dinner");    
} 
else if ( money > 10 || today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie");   
} 
else if ( today !== 'Friday' ) {
  alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");   
} 
else {
  alert("This isn't Friday. I need to stay home.");
}
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

leahl
leahl
1,675 Points
leahl
leahl
1,675 Points

Go back to the code you were given in the challenge. Note how in the conditional statements they use "or" (| |), not "and" (&&). That's why the first conditional statement will always evaluate to true. Just change | | to && in the challenge, and it should work.