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JavaScript

Posted by Luka Sarich
Luka Sarich
13,204 Points

I know it's the last block of conditional statements that are preventing my code from running. Someone please help!

I have just started learning Javascript and decided to mock one of treehouses challenges and re-create it in Atom. I have commented out the last block conditional statement and my code runs, (but doesn't print the 'ranking' messages). I also got a syntax error code from Chrome dec tools, "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token {" on line 41. I thought that the ' (correct <= 3) ' was correct syntax. Someone, please help!

Luka Sarich
Luka Sarich
13,204 Points

This is my code:

https://postimg.cc/Cnx1DTCx

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

A plain "else" doesn't take a conditional expression. It's designed to handle all cases not already taken by the "if" and/or "else if" chain that precedes it.

But if you want it to handle cases where "correct" is less than or equal to 2, you'll need to change the condition of the previous "if". Perhaps you meant to use ">= 3" instead of "<= 3"?

And unless I've missed something in recent news, the correct number of states in the United States is still 50. :wink:

Luka Sarich
Luka Sarich
13,204 Points

Thank you so much for taking the time to review my code and give me this helpful answer! I simply deleted the last "else" statement and changed the "if" statement to ">= 3" and now it runs perfectly! I appreciate your time! && yeah I done goofed on the states aha. Have a great rest of your weekend!