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Adam Maley
5,946 PointsSo else doesn't have a () or condition ever?
So else doesn't have a () or condition ever?
Would you ever see this
else () { alert("You win!"); }
Also.... on the alerts and window messages which is correct to do with the ;
if else (){
alert ("tacos");
}
if else (){ alert("tacos") }
1 Answer

andren
28,520 PointsIt never has a condition or a parenthesis, that is correct.
The point of the else
statement is that it automatically runs if the if
/else if
statements above it does not. Also as far as semicolons go your first example:
if else (/* Condition goes here */){
alert("tacos");
}
Is correct. The one thing about semicolons and if
/else if
statements that you have to be very careful about is that you should never place a semicolon after the parenthesis containing its conditions. If you do then the statement will be terminated prematurely. And the code you placed in the body of the if
/else if
will be executed regardless of whether the conditions evaluated to true or not.