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

Emil Ty
Emil Ty
5,844 Points
Posted by Emil Ty
Emil Ty
5,844 Points

Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

error says 'Welcome student' is not in message, but it is? I'm sure I'm missing something small...but I can't find it...

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

if ( isAdmin = true ) {
  alert('Welcome administrator');
} else if (isStudent = true) {
  alert('Welcome student');
}
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>
simon lavery
simon lavery
17,485 Points 
else if (isStudent) {
     alert("Welcome student");
}

this works :)

2 Answers

Caleb Kleveter
MOD
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Always leave the original code as-is unless specified. all you need to do is test isSdudent, not isStudent == true. Doing it that way will automatically check for the value true:

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) {
  alert('Welcome administrator');
} else if (isStudent) {
  alert('Welcome student');
}
Benjamin Hess
Benjamin Hess
1,635 Points
Benjamin Hess
Benjamin Hess
1,635 Points

I'm stuck on the next part after this. I don't know what to put. else(){ } Am I suppose to put something in the ()?

simon lavery
simon lavery
17,485 Points

Yes you add whatever condition needs to be true to run the code inside the {}. So you have if (isAdmin) {do this}

else (????) do this

On this challenge there only is one other option so you could leave it blank, i think it should work either way.