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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements Write an 'if' Statement

Posted by Kaylyn Taylor
Kaylyn Taylor
2,390 Points

help with this challenge please

I am just not getting this

script.js 
const isAdmin = true;
const isStudent = false;
let message;

if (isAdmin === 'true'){message ( "welcome admin" );}

2 Answers

Blake Larson
Blake Larson
12,932 Points
Blake Larson
Blake Larson
12,932 Points

When you assign a variable you want to use the equal sign.

message = "welcome admin";
Kaylyn Taylor
Kaylyn Taylor
2,390 Points
Kaylyn Taylor
Kaylyn Taylor
2,390 Points

Thank you! I feel like I tried that, but I must have had some subtle error in the code. Java seems to be very specific.