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Anastasija Scepak
8,308 PointsIf/Else
I've been doing just what was in the video and it was said if I left in prompt message empty the Else Block will appear. But I keep getting If block? O_O
var name = prompt("What is your name?")
console.log("Before");
if ("name") {
console.log("If block");
} else {
console.log("Else block")
}
console.log("After");
3 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsI think I see where your confusion lies with difference between name and "name", the former refers to the contents of the variable name whereas the later refers to the literal string name.
Juan Jose Cortes Guzman
7,894 PointsHi, remove the apostrophes in name, name is a variable and as your using it right now is a string wich always be true.
var name = prompt("What is your name?")
console.log("Before");
if (name) {
console.log("If block");
} else {
console.log("Else block");
}
console.log("After");
oh and add a semicolon at the of the console.log in the else block.
Anastasija Scepak
8,308 PointsThank you so much! ;)
Juan Jose Cortes Guzman
7,894 PointsNo problem. Glad to help.