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

Chris Gutierrez
Chris Gutierrez
6,911 Points
Posted by Chris Gutierrez
Chris Gutierrez
6,911 Points

What I'm i doing wrong?

trying to answer this question and not sure why my code is not working correctly. any answers?

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 >= 9 || 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>

3 Answers

Kyle Adkins
Kyle Adkins
11,315 Points
Kyle Adkins
Kyle Adkins
11,315 Points

You don't have a semi-colon after your today variable.

Chris Gutierrez
Chris Gutierrez
6,911 Points
Chris Gutierrez
Chris Gutierrez
6,911 Points

thank you for the catch but still not working. this is what im getting back:

Bummer! Hmm. Looks like there is at least one logical OR operator -- that's the || symbols. Those test if just one of the conditions are true

Kyle Adkins
Kyle Adkins
11,315 Points
Kyle Adkins
Kyle Adkins
11,315 Points

I think you want to check if today is === "Friday" because the last statement is saying "This isn't Friday, I need to stay home." So change all of your !== to ===. Also change all of your || to && because you need the money AND you need it to be Friday.

Chris Gutierrez
Chris Gutierrez
6,911 Points
Chris Gutierrez
Chris Gutierrez
6,911 Points

Thanks Kyle! that worked. i did change them however the statement i need to display still had the pipes not the &&. thanks a bunch.

Kyle Adkins
Kyle Adkins
11,315 Points
Kyle Adkins
Kyle Adkins
11,315 Points

You're welcome!