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Benoit Tordeurs
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,400 PointsI have a parse error, no parSeInt needed I believe, but still is the error always popping up
This is my program, I was tempted to add === for boolean, please help, var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = false;
if ( isAdmin ) { alert("Welcome administrator"); } else if (isStudent) { alert("Welcome student"); } else { (isAdmin=false||isStudent=false) alert("Who are you?");}
3 Answers
Stephen Chamroeun
7,095 PointsIt should be coded this way instead. The reason you are getting an error message is because the else statement that you made for your last line of code is not meant for another condition to be met. The else statement is meant to go through if the previous conditions are not true. Since isAdmin and isStudent are already false, you would just need the alert message instead. I hope that helped!
var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = false;
if ( isAdmin ) {
alert("Welcome administrator");
} else if (isStudent) {
alert("Welcome student");
} else {
alert("Who are you?");
}
Joseph Wasden
20,407 PointsI believe this is your program.
var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = false;
if ( isAdmin ) {
alert("Welcome administrator");
} else if (isStudent) {
alert("Welcome student");
} else {
(isAdmin=false||isStudent=false) alert("Who are you?");
}
The error is coming from you last else statement. If you are trying to check the condition of the code inside the parenthesis of your else statement, you'll need to change it to an else if statement and move the parentheses code outside your {...} Look at your existing else if statement for a reference.
Also, if that is what you are trying to do, you'll need to re-examine your use of the = operator. It seems you are trying to check for equality, however, a single = is an assignment operator. Try using === to check for equality.
Stephen Chamroeun
7,095 PointsI really like this reponse! I hope I can speak/write like this one day, once I'm more experienced at explaining concepts.
Benoit Tordeurs
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,400 PointsThank you so much indeed, Thanks very much stephen you are perfectly right