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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Boolean Values

Posted by Jose Luis Ocaña
Jose Luis Ocaña
3,746 Points

Why we have to test the varible to complete the program

We can complete the program without testing the variable? Thanks JOSE

Anastasios Poursaitedes
Anastasios Poursaitedes
10,491 Points

Hi Jose, I believe is just another way to represent a conditional statement. I think it's much faster to check right away the answer, although we possibly want to check, in a real world program which is much bigger and complex, additional statements to give to the user the right answer and I think it's much easier to keep track a variable.

Jose Luis Ocaña
Jose Luis Ocaña
3,746 Points

Thanks Anastasios!

1 Answer

Justin Blalock
Justin Blalock
8,206 Points
Justin Blalock
Justin Blalock
8,206 Points

The tested variable, correctGuess , is a boolean and can only be true or false. You don't really need to add the extra conditional code since it is already built into the boolean variable.