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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add an Else If Clause

David Dehghani
David Dehghani
6,992 Points
Posted by David Dehghani
David Dehghani
6,992 Points

If/else statement help!

Help! Treehouse is saying that my alert message is not popping up, but it is for me every time I recheck the work. Am I missing something?

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

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

else if (isStudent === true) {
  alert('Welcome Student')
}

else {

}
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

Teja Tummalapalli
Teja Tummalapalli
5,592 Points
Teja Tummalapalli
Teja Tummalapalli
5,592 Points

In the word Student , s is small letter. Try changing to students.

Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Moderator Edit: Changed response from a Comment to the Answer section.

Yes, Teja is correct. You need to change "Student" to a lower-case "s" (but keep it singular). Challenges are very picky and very strict even with spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.

Keep Coding! :dizzy:

David Dehghani
David Dehghani
6,992 Points
David Dehghani
David Dehghani
6,992 Points

Thank you! I feel better knowing the code is essentially right but I keep overlooking small details like capitalization.