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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Booleans

Phil Ward
Phil Ward
4,204 Points
Posted by Phil Ward
Phil Ward
4,204 Points

JavaScript boolean task not completing

the correct alert message is appearing as per the task, but its not passing. i've tried both just putting the variable in the IF statement and with === true. is there a bug with the task?

var myStatement = true; if (myStatement === true) { alert('This is true'); } else { alert('This is false'); }

script.js 
var myStatement = true;
if (myStatement === true) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}
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

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

What you did is correct, but the exercise just asks to add true inside the parenthesis of the if statement, there is no need to store it inside a variable such as statement. I've just tested it.

if (true) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}
Phil Ward
Phil Ward
4,204 Points
Phil Ward
Phil Ward
4,204 Points

thanks! worked a treat. a little silly as the prior video specifically covers creating boolean variables then using them in IF statements.

Russell Christensen
Russell Christensen
4,264 Points
Russell Christensen
Russell Christensen
4,264 Points

I'm glad I came across this thread! I, too, read the code challenge thinking that it was asking for a variable to be created specifically because of the previous video. Perhaps the question could be restated for better clarity.