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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables The Variable Challenge

Jim McQuarrie
Jim McQuarrie
10,597 Points
Posted by Jim McQuarrie
Jim McQuarrie
10,597 Points

adding an if else statement

Thought I would make this one a little more interesting by adding an if else statement for gender selection with a little different twist! This is mostly so I can extend my learning and maybe expand how I might solve problems. When I started to review this section I wanted to make it different and I quickly realized that one would need to specify a gender!

var gender = prompt("please answer 1 for if your childs a boy or 2 if your childs a girl");
var playerName = prompt("please tell us your son's or daughters name!");
var playerSport = prompt("Please tell us your son's or daughters sport!");
var excelsAt = prompt("Please tell us another thing your child excels at!");
var student = prompt("what kind of student is your child?");

alert("You are finished inputing your answers, are you ready for the answer?");

if (gender === "1") {
  gender = "son";
  } else {
 gender = "daughter";
}

var message = "My " + gender + " , " + playerName;
var message2 = message + " is a great " + playerSport + " player and also excels at ";
var message3 = message2 + excelsAt + ". My " + gender + " makes us very proud by   being a ";
var message4 = message3 + student + " student in school";

document.write( message4);

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

I'm not sure if you're asking for an alternative syntax or not, but the code you've written so far looks great! :)

You could specify another number for the female gender like so.

if (gender === "1") {
  gender = "son";
  } else if(gender ==="2") {
 gender = "daughter";
}

else {
alert("Please try again!");
}

So you use else if to start another code block for the second gender and then close out with a final else statement. Good luck. :)

Jim McQuarrie
Jim McQuarrie
10,597 Points
Jim McQuarrie
Jim McQuarrie
10,597 Points

Just playing around and trying to alter the original challenges so I can learn more :)

Chris Ward
Chris Ward
12,129 Points
Chris Ward
Chris Ward
12,129 Points

This isn't a JavaScript issue. It's better solved by using an HTML form. Too many prompts makes Scrooge extra grouchy!