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

Posted by ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

Stage 4. if statment and else if

var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) { alert('Welcome administrator') }else if{ (isStudent === true){ alert("Welcome Student) }

I have error.

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

if ( isAdmin ) {
    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>
Tuomo Kankaanpää
Tuomo Kankaanpää
13,574 Points
Tuomo Kankaanpää
Tuomo Kankaanpää
13,574 Points

Hey,

First you should add semicolon after alert statements. You should also remove the first curly bracelet after "else if". So after these changes the script.js should look like this:

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');
}else if (isStudent === true){
  alert("Welcome Student");
}

4 Answers

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points 
if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
}else if{
  (isStudent === true){
  alert("Welcome Student)
}

you have too many curly braces!

Try this:

} else if (isStudent === true) {
  alert("Welcome Student);
}
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

I tried this without true it pass.

} else if (isStudent ) { alert("Welcome Student);

Thanks MOD!

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Try adding a semicolon here:

alert('Welcome administrator');

No worries!

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Ahhh, no ignore that, they're not needed.

You are checking the boolean correctly for the real word, but it's not what the code challenge is looking for. THis should pass (removing === true):

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
} else if (isStudent) {
  alert('Welcome student')
}
Mischa Yartsev
Mischa Yartsev
20,562 Points
Mischa Yartsev
Mischa Yartsev
20,562 Points

Hi ellie adam , There're several issues in your code:

}else if{
  (isStudent === true){
  alert("Welcome Student)

You've opened curly brace before condition, and forgot to close alert message with double quotes. So, the final code should looks like this

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');
} else if (isStudent === true) {
  alert("Welcome Student");
}