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

Ivo Vieira
Ivo Vieira
6,518 Points
Posted by Ivo Vieira
Ivo Vieira
6,518 Points

I can't complete the "Super Conditional Challenge" as I'm always getting an error message.

The goal of the "Super Conditional Challenge" is to fix the script in order for the string " "It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out" to be outputted. The changes that I make outputs the desired string but, I cannot advance as I'm always getting the error message "Bummer: Hmm. Looks like there is at least one logical OR operator -- that's the || symbols. Those test if just one of the conditions are true.". I tried with different browsers.

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

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

Ivo Vieira
Ivo Vieira
6,518 Points
Ivo Vieira
Ivo Vieira
6,518 Points

I got what was wrong. I guess it was an interpretation issue from my part. Despite the code above outputs the same string than the one bellow, apparently I needed to use && instead of || and, therefore, always test both variables, 'money' and 'today'. Thank you anyway for someone who was going to help!

The code that let me advance the challenge:

var money = 9;
var today = 'Friday'

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 ( money < 10 && 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.");
}
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points

Hi, Ivo: Thanks so much for updating your question with your own solutions and congrats on working through it! I've marked your answer as "Best Answer" and formatted it slightly to improve the look of your code block.