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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Super Conditional Challenge

Tadjiev Codes
Tadjiev Codes
9,626 Points
Posted by Tadjiev Codes
Tadjiev Codes
9,626 Points

Something's wrong with this script. The value in the variable money is only 9. But if you preview this script you'll see

Guys, I still can't figure it out. Could someone help me to move on? I'm stuck here

script.js 
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 ( money >= 12 && 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.");
}
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>

2 Answers

Liam Grogan
Liam Grogan
16,754 Points
Liam Grogan
Liam Grogan
16,754 Points

When I run your script, I would expect to see the alert 'Time to go to the theater' (which is indeed what I do see). The first part of your if statement is checking to see if money is greater than or equal to 100 OR if today is Friday. As today is indeed Friday, this statement is true and the alert message ('Time to go to the theater') displays.

Tadjiev Codes
Tadjiev Codes
9,626 Points
Tadjiev Codes
Tadjiev Codes
9,626 Points

I finally figured it out So && instead of || or operator and on the last else if clause I had to make money < 12 . As 12 is higher than money value which is 9.

But I didn’t understand why the variable var today = ‘Friday’ Doesn’t have a semicolon; in the end So I guess if there’s a string for a variable then u apparently don’t need a semicolon;?

Liam Grogan
Liam Grogan
16,754 Points
Liam Grogan
Liam Grogan
16,754 Points

Semi-colons are often optional in JS. Personally, I use them as that's how I learnt JS. Here's an article that discusses it: https://flaviocopes.com/javascript-automatic-semicolon-insertion/

Tadjiev Codes
Tadjiev Codes
9,626 Points
Tadjiev Codes
Tadjiev Codes
9,626 Points

Thanks for the response regarding the semicolons. Appreciate it)))