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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Booleans

Posted by Shante Thaxton
Shante Thaxton
4,195 Points

I am not understanding what I have done wrong with this challenge

I keep getting a parse error, but i am not understanding where I went wrong

script.js 
if ( ) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
} if (true) {
    alert('This is true');
} (else) {
    alert('This is false');
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You seem to have two copies of the challenge, one in starting condition (which causes a Parse error due to the empty "if" expression) and another one where you have completed the task.

Start over and complete the task by filling in the "if" expression, but don't duplicate the code or make any other changes.

Shante Thaxton
Shante Thaxton
4,195 Points

Thank so much! I was getting really frustrated