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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Review Else If Clauses and JavaScript Comments

Posted by nathanielcusano
nathanielcusano
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I don't understand why itemToBuy equals an empty string?

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

It does not equal an empty string after the code runs.

It starts out set to an empty string, but based on the value of savings, the code will assign another value to itemToBuy. Your task is to predict which value it will have at the end.