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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add a Final Else Clause

Luke Aveil
Luke Aveil
2,784 Points
Posted by Luke Aveil
Luke Aveil
2,784 Points

I don't understand why this isn't working?!

I am failing the challenge as it tells me the alert does not say 'Who are you?'....

Please help!

script.js 
var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = false;

if ( isAdmin = true ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
} else if ( isStudent = true ) {
    alert('Welcome student')
} else {
    alert('Who are you?')
}
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

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

You need to change each boolean value to false and then test that they are both false.

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = false;

if ( isAdmin) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');

    } else if ( isStudent) {
    alert('Welcome student');
    } else {
    alert("Who are you?");
}

At the moment you're assigning new values instead of comparing them. But you can compare values by simply omitting them as JavaScript merely has to check the value already in the variables.

If you wanted to explicitly state the value you want to check you'd do

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = false;

if ( isAdmin == false) 
...
    } else if ( isStudent == false) {
...
}
Luke Aveil
Luke Aveil
2,784 Points
Luke Aveil
Luke Aveil
2,784 Points

Thank you so much Jonathan!