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Vanessa Elsayed
3,486 PointsJavaScript Challenge Question
I can't figure out this challenge.
Something's wrong with this script. The value in the variable money is only 9. But if you preview this script you'll see the "Time to go to the theater" message. Fix this script so that it correctly tests the money and today variables and prints out the proper alert message: "It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out" var money = 9; var today = 'Friday'
if ( money >= 100 || today === 'Friday' ) {
alert("Time to go to the theater");
} else if ( money >= 50 || today === 'Friday' ) {
alert("Time for a movie and dinner");
} else if ( money > 10 || today === 'Friday' ) {
alert("Time for a movie");
} else if ( today !== 'Friday' ) {
alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");
} else {
alert("This isn't Friday. I need to stay home.");
} (edited)
2 Answers
Michael Davidson
5,519 PointsI think its because when using the || operator, thats the or operator. Its saying if money is >= 100 or today is friday is true, then we alert Time to go to the theater.
You want to use the && operator instead, that way if your money and the date is friday then it gives the right one, so you'd use.
var money = 9;
today = 'Friday';
if ( money >= 100 && today === 'Friday' ) { alert("Time to go to the theater");
} else if ( money >= 50 && today === 'Friday' ) { alert("Time for a movie and dinner");
} else if ( money > 10 && today === 'Friday' ) { alert("Time for a movie");
} else if ( money <= 10 && today === 'Friday' ) { alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");
} else { alert("This isn't Friday. I need to stay home."); }
Vanessa Elsayed
3,486 PointsAwesome Thanks Michael.
Here is another one I am struggling with.
Create a new function named max() which accepts two numbers as arguments. The function should return the larger of the two numbers. You'll need to use a conditional statement to test the 2 numbers to see which is the larger of the two.