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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements Add an 'else if' Clause

pinky
pinky
2,289 Points
Posted by pinky
pinky
2,289 Points

Im not sure where im going wrong please can someone help me

so im not sure what im doing wrong in my code. some insight would be nice.

script.js 
const isAdmin = false;
const isStudent = true;
let message;

if ( isAdmin ) {
  message = 'Welcome admin';
}
else if (isStudent)
  message = "Welcome student";
}

4 Answers

Phil Wright
Phil Wright
3,654 Points
Phil Wright
Phil Wright
3,654 Points

Hi Pinky

You’ve got this, it is just missing an opening brace '{' after (isStudent) to balance everything.

const isAdmin = false;
const isStudent = true;
let message;

if (isAdmin ) {
  message = 'Welcome admin';
} else if (isStudent) {
  message = "Welcome student";
}
Adrian Ralston
Adrian Ralston
6,830 Points
Adrian Ralston
Adrian Ralston
6,830 Points

It seems very solid but notice you overlooked one curly bracket in the second half of your code

else if (isStudent)
  message = "Welcome student";
}
pinky
pinky
2,289 Points
pinky
pinky
2,289 Points

Thank you guys so much.

jacknoren
jacknoren
24,120 Points

no problem !

jacknoren
jacknoren
24,120 Points
jacknoren
jacknoren
24,120 Points

Hey pinky! Looks like you almost had it ! I see a few people giving you the answer already but for the future just make sure you create {} marks first and just type within both of them. That way you have a much harder time forgetting them. Best of luck ! Here is the solution. 

const isAdmin = false;
const isStudent = true;
let message;

if ( isAdmin ) {
  message = 'Welcome admin';
}
else if (isStudent) {
  message = "Welcome student";
}