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

Daniel Kol Adam
Daniel Kol Adam
3,285 Points

Why does the program give me silver, when it should be bronze?

This is my code, also the program never shows "Boo" when getting no crowns.

thanks.

// A game that asks the player questions and ranks the player depending on how many correct answers the player answered.

var playerpoints = 0; var question1 = prompt("What is the meaning of life?"); var answer1 = "420"; if (question1 === answer1 || question1 === "blazeit") { playerpoints += 1; }

var question2 = prompt("How tall is the average man in metres?"); var answer2 = "1.7"; if (question2 === answer2 || "1.7 metres") { playerpoints += 1;

}

var question3 = prompt("Is Sushi Halal?"); var answer3 = "Yes" if (question3 === answer3 || question3 === "yes") { playerpoints += 1;

}

var question4 = prompt("Are there only two genders for humans?"); var answer4 = "Yes"; if (question4 === answer4 || question4 === "yes") { playerpoints += 1;

}

var question5 = prompt("How many years has John Oliver been alive?"); var answer5 = "40"; if (question5 === answer5 || "40 miserable years") { playerpoints += 1;

}

if (playerpoints < 1) { alert("Boo"); } else if (playerpoints === 1 || playerpoints === 2) { alert("Well, you got a Bronze Crown"); } else if (playerpoints === 3 || playerpoints === 4) { alert("Congratulations, you have received the Silver Crown"); } else if (playerpoints === 5) { alert("Congrats Gold Crown"); }

//Program end

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

These two conditional expressions are incomplete:

if (question2 === answer2 || "1.7 metres")
if (question5 === answer5 || "40 miserable years")

Since a non-empty string is considered "truthy", these 2 points are always awarded.